(January 5, 2018 at 1:57 pm)Khemikal Wrote: OFC they are, Sama..with varying results and rates of success. There are plenty of people working law enforcement in good faith and trying to make it better. The fact that their personal abilities are not a reliable indicator of success strongly suggests that effective change will need to be institutional.
Take the "I was scared" justification. That's ill thought out, but within the framework of that being a valid justification for shooting some random schmuck..no amount of oversight can fix the problem of habitually frightened police officers (taking their claims at face value). Oversight is doing the best it can, in some places, within the boundaries of the institution - but those boundaries are not always well constructed.
And the ranks are woefully thin. If, say, 10% of the public let the Police Department know that they were actively interested in what was happening IN THEIR OWN TOWN, thing will most probably change. A lack of accountability comes from a lack of oversight.
The people who blather on the 'net without actually doing something about the problem are actually making things worse. Good people see the shit that is flung at ALL cops and think, "I'll do something else rather than be lumped."
