• cm0002@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    Probably what all “good cops” think, “I can change the system from within” or “It’s just a couple outlier bad cases, but I’ll make sure to only prosecute actual bad people”

          • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            26 days ago

            The issues are systemic and won’t be solved by replacing people.

            As one example, it would be 100% legal in many states for a bad cop to rape a prisoner. No matter how many good cops testify against them, there would be no legal basis for prosecuting them. At best, department policy would give cause to fire them. Then they’ll get a job in some county with an elected sheriff who ran on being Tough On Crime ™.