20 citizen complaints filed against Van Dyke is below the average rate (McDonald shooting)

[joshcryer]

I was reading this article and the thing that absolutely struck me was this part:

Nance -- who worked at a cable company and as a high-school sports referee -- told investigators that Van Dyke's partner slammed his head on the hood of his car and that van Dyke violently handcuffed him and tossed him into a squad car.

The Independent Police Review Board dismissed the complaint because there were "no independent witnesses" and "no way to determine" the cause of Nance's injuries, the Sun-Times reported.

Seven other complaints against Van Dyke alleged excessive use of force and two involved the use of a firearm, the paper said.

The 20 citizen complaints filed against Van Dyke since 2011 is below the average allegation rate, according to the Citizen Police Data Project from the University of Chicago.

http://news.yahoo.com/us-policeman-charged-murder-had-20-earlier-complaints-000022664.html

So the "normal" is for murderous cops to be "below average"? Doesn't that tell us a lot about the state of our police forces?

We need to fire a shitload of cops and do serious retraining if we're going to reign this in. It's a huge problem that only the advent of smartphones and social media are bringing to light. This is the "new normal."

[951-Riverside]

1. So he was actually one of the good cops at Chicago PD. It explains why they threw him under the bus

[joshcryer]

3. Exactly. He was one of the "good" ones.

We have to think long and hard about that shit.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Just shows how bad the entire police force is

He learned his tactics from the experts.