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Bliss Grey's avatar

You're right, it is their purpose that undermines reforms. I think the reforms that are ongoing here, will fail because of this mindset. After the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor the LMPD Police Chief stepped down. The new Police Chief instructed Police to stand down from traffic offenses. I'm sure that measure saves lives.

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TCinLA's avatar

All the reforms they talk about are bandaids on cancer. They have to cut out the cancer.

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Yes, Bliss, to your thought as quoted, 'The new Police Chief instructed Police to stand down from traffic offenses. I'm sure that measure saves lives..' Supervision is critical. Monitoring to insure that the police are standing down from traffic offenses and appropriate consequences when each may not observe that instruction need to be part of the responsibilities of being a police officer. To the community's safety and all around respect.

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Bliss Grey's avatar

Fewer people are at risk of being shot. Driving is more hazardous. I wish it were mandatory that all officers wear body cam and have them on at all times. I know that costs money, but I think that is the only way to supervise enough to change things.

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

тАжand what did the Scorpion crew do with the camera rolling? The culture of the police department, the ethos of the police unions, the determined will and values of supervisors, the relationship of prosecutors to police departments and serious consequences for wrongdoing on the part of law enforcement officers are all necessary factors to protect the people from harm.

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Bliss Grey's avatar

The DOJ fixes will cost Louisville 10million a year. Police should not be Policing the Police. There are already complaints from the citizen oversight committee, about not being given information, and documents when they are requested. Why do they let that ride. I think oversight needs to have some teeth.

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Bliss, I think that we are generally in agreement. It is not exactly the police 'policing' each other, but it is about the police upholding the standard of protecting the community first and reporting police misconduct. What is known as 'the blue wall of silence'тАФan unofficial agreement between law enforcement not to challenge each other's misconduct is part of the 'cancer' that TC may have been referring to.

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Bliss Grey's avatar

Collusion.

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Yes, to a t, Bliss, so is your point about providing citizen oversight committees with the documentation required to examine complaints against law enforcement.

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