• Fired Utah police officer charged with sexual abuse of teen girl
• 22-year-old left brain dead from ‘days-long brutal torture’ in Alabama prison, lawsuit says
• New York Governor orders firing of 14 officers involved in prison death
• Former D.C. police intel chief found guilty of tipping off Proud Boys leader ahead of capitol attack
• Family sues over Michigan man’s death at Bexar County jail
• Excessive force, negligence claims can proceed in case stemming from 2020 death of man in custody
• Hmmm: Man found dead in police vehicle apparently became trapped
• How a ‘blue wall of silence’ let Central NY prison guards get away with day of terror
• Indiana jail workers believed Louisville woman who died in custody was ‘faking it,’ records show
• Missouri Governor commutes sentence for cop who killed black man
• “Excited delirium”: How cops are trained to get away with killing people
There will never be a ‘post-police world’. That’s an impossible daydream, like honest government or peace on earth. Always civilization will need someone to deal with troublemakers, and always it will be ugly work, involving the use of force.
To solve the ongoing and increasing problem of law enforcement routinely breaking the law, police must be overseen by people who aren’t themselves police, police worshipers, police buddies, or ex-police.