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Yep. ~10 years ago the case this book is about came to national attention: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Mafia-Brutality-Consent-Decrees-ebook/dp/B07CPZGVB6 https

by myko 5y ago

Yep. ~10 years ago the case this book is about came to national attention: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Mafia-Brutality-Consent-Decrees-ebook/dp/B07CPZGVB6 https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Mafia-Brutality-Consent-Decrees-... It talks about local PD and politicians protecting individuals from consequences and sweeping their crimes under the rug. Sadly it is more common than folks think, a similar thing happened at my HS (also in Ohio, a similar small town) in 2002.

technothrasher 5y ago
Back in the 1980s, my father was a selectman of our little town (Many New England towns have a board of selectmen instead of a mayor, for those who aren't familiar). The selectmen were also honorary members of the police, and the employment application for police officers asked if you would ever arrest a member of a town selectman's family. If you answered, "Yes", you didn't get the job. For this and other reasons, after my dad's single term as selectman, he vowed never to be involved in politics again.