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Logical

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Fri Sep 4, 2015, 05:40 PM Sep 2015

The blue wall: Stronger than ever (police protecting police)

A couple stories in the news this week illustrate how police culture uses both official and unofficial means to retaliate against whistleblowing. The first story comes from Albuquerque, a city that has been plagued for decades by police shootings, brutality, and corruption scandals. The Watch has already detailed how the city’s police are rarely held accountable, how those cops who dare to report misconduct by other cops have been punished and how even the local prosecutor faced retaliation after charging the officers who shot and killed James Boyd. We’ve also documented how difficult it can be to fire bad cops, and how even when they are fired, they usually just find jobs with another police agency.

Much More at:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/09/04/the-blue-wall-stronger-than-ever/
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The blue wall: Stronger than ever (police protecting police) (Original Post) Logical Sep 2015 OP
I'm more afraid of cops these days than I am criminals 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #1
If I ever get stopped I will not lower my hands. Give them no reason to shoot. nt Logical Sep 2015 #2
So am I. hifiguy Sep 2015 #4
If I get stopped gwheezie Sep 2015 #3
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