• qooqie@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Former cops (of any length of time) should not be allowed to be on an oversight committee. They’ll be too ingrained in their culture and have possible motives to protect friends. Just my thought on it

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      11 months ago

      Oversight committees should be entirely staffed with the family members of people that cops have murdered and people who have been wrongly convicted and exonerated.

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        11 months ago

        I like that idea and they should have teeth so when they recommend prosecution those cops get prosecuted.

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        11 months ago

        I understand where you’re coming from, but let me remind you that jury’s in the US are made up of random civilians passing judgement