(06-05-2020, 10:25 AM)DragonFury Wrote:

(06-04-2020, 10:59 PM)p_rushing Wrote: How do you reform something when the problem is individual people? People may not present as problems immediately, it is usually an issue that builds over time after having to constantly deal with criminals. If there are reports, you can hopefully intervene, but how can you truly trust reports from people being arrested? Sure patterns form, so hopefully you catch them, but you can't catch everyone.

Police already have many steps in place to stop this, but guess what, another democratic platform police union stops them from getting rid of the bad cops unless something like this happens.

The system leads to the bad elements because it protects and supports them. George Floyd was murdered while he begged for his life and three officers stood by and did nothing even as other bystanders were yelling at them to intervene or for the officer to stop kneeling on his neck. The whole incident was captured in excruciating footage. Even with all that it took massive protests for the officers to be fired and charged with a crime. The officer who murdered Floyd had 17 incidents on his file including two with excessive violence, his badge should have been taken away years ago.

Bad elements happen within every organization, it's a fact of humanity. But a good organization has mechanisms in place to remove those elements, doctors have boards where their actions are reviewed if there is any belief they were negligent or contributed to a patient's death or injury, the bar association can and does strip lawyers of their license for a whole range of infractions, same with registered accountants. Soldiers face military tribunal if they violate the UCMJ and can even end up in The Hague on charges of war crimes.

On the opposite side; police unions will shield officers for any repercussions and Qualified Immunity means it's virtually impossible to hold them accountable in a civil court. Police brutality is the result of zero accountability and zero transparency and until the system is reformed this whole sequence of events will keep happening.