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Tyranthraxus posted...

I don't think anyone every really said seriously "all cops kill innocent people without trials"

Look at George Floyd for a minute. This was bad. It's already an outlier because Floyd died. But then the police department defended this, protecting not just Chauvin but the other police on the scene. They released a statement "man dies in medical episode in police custody" and then lied about the whole thing.

But George Floyd died, and this is where people miss the forest for the trees. Think about all the George Floyds we didn't hear about because they didn't die. Exact same situation, they just survived. We know knee-on-neck and other dangerous techniques were taught nationwide even if they weren't standard or employed by everyone.

This does not even begin to scratch the surface of brutality, and other shitty behaviors like civil asset forfeiture or how cops can basically destroy your property because of a search warrant and you have to pay to fix it even after they don't find anything or even if they went to the wrong house.

The system of policing in America empowers bullies to be bullies and you cannot fight back or seek legal restitution. Forget about homicide for a moment. There is a very wide breadth of injustice perpetrated by police to which there is no answer and no accountability. The fact that only 1000 people or something are killed doesn't mean shit.

The thing is, police do face accountability. My state publishes every departments officer discipline in the state. It can be easy to pick out single instances in the media. It doesnt mean its the norm. Policing has changed a lot since before 90s Rodney king era even. Hell, even from George Floyd.

and the initial statements vague statements by a department are done like that for a reason. It isnt for an absolvement of an incident. Its because theres only preliminary officers. Ive been on a couple of them. It takes hours like past a half day. To get everybody of significance to start arriving and pulling cameras. It takes days for interviews and investigations. Sometimes weeks. I also know because when I was in a car accident I typed out several department wide emails about significant events. And all we know is a sentence at the time, so thats what we update with