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Comment by transfire

Given the numerous police shootings, typically of blacks, but not always, which are obviously excessive uses of force, why is absolutely nothing being done about it? The cops get off, people protest, and the cycle continues. Do we not have leaders? Has the system become so inept that no one has any responsibility? Does that mean the cops are literally "out-of-control"?

And no, you can't sit there and argue that the cops aren't doing anything wrong. A young man is in police custody and ends up dead from a fractured neck and no one is responsible? A woman is in police custody, a camera is turned off, and ends up needing facial reconstruction? The list goes on and on. The police have to be a notch above the average person in conduct, not a notch below.

So I ask again, why is nothing being done about it?

parent transfire 10 years ago

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