Joe Nation
Joe Nation's JournalNot all police are bad, but all police need oversight and accountability
We have a policing problem in this country. We have a policing system that investigates itself, is accountable to itself, and disciplines itself. When hasn't that been a recipe for corruption in any organization?
Only since the proliferation of cell phones and body cameras has the problem with these public servants been so front and center. Any young black person will tell you that this is nothing new. It just has more visibility now that we have cameras everywhere.
If there are legions of good cops serving today and only a few bad apples, why aren't the vast majority of these good cops turning their fellow cops in for corruption? If you turn your head in the face of corruption, aren't you also corrupt?
Don't even get me started about qualified immunity for police. Ultimately, if a cop is found to have committed some kind of corrupt act, and they are held responsible in civil court, the taxpayers end up footing the bill and that has to end.
Show me the downside for a corrupt cop here. How are they ever held accountable?
Have you ever had an occasion where you called the cops and they showed up and caught the thief, or found a stolen item, or solved a crime? Did they even try or was it a waste of time?
Are the 20 or so GOP radical extremist holdouts really working on a Constitutional crisis?
No matter how many concessions McCarthy makes to these radicals, they keep voting against him. I think their goal is to shut down the government. I also think the vast majority of the Reich wing is supportive of this tactic and are willing to watch the House burn. What do you think?
Are we looking at next Constitutional crisis that would force the McCarthy faction to negotiate with the Democrats? This could get interesting.
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