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I'm shocked
Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data | Reuters
> A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives.
US officer who put handcuffed woman in car hit by freight train found guilty
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/29/colorado-police-officer-car-freight-train
> Jordan Steinke convicted on misdemeanour charges but found not guilty of more serious charges over 2022 crash in Colorado
Man, this sure is weird. It's almost like police just somehow keep becoming racist, like, everywhere...
How does this keep happening
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NSW police use force against Indigenous Australians at drastically disproportionate levels, data shows
> Exclusive: Redfern Legal Centre obtained records which show First Nations people were involved in about 45% of the incidents
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US border agents habitually abuse human rights, report reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/02/us-mexico-border-human-rights-abuses
> Report shows ‘lack of accountability’ for misuse of lethal force, intimidation, sexual harassment and falsifying documents
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Six white ex-Mississippi officers plead guilty to racist assault on two Black men
> ‘Goon Squad’ burst into a home on 24 January without a warrant and brutalized the two men, shooting one in the mouth
And here’s a bit more detail from Mississippi,
https://mississippitoday.org/2023/08/03/six-rankin-officers-plead-guilty-to-torturing-two-black-men/
What I want to see is a surtax on wealthy people in that county to pay the inevitable deal.
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