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BrotherIvan

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2. That is EXACTLY what we need

Reply to bemildred (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 04:34 AM

Dec 2014

The DAs are protecting the cops and giving them a license to kill. They need an independent agency that is not part of the police organization at all that investigates every shooting or instance of police brutality. It is supposed to be IA but they're part of the system too.

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Jamaica Sees Success in Curbing Killings by Police [View all] bemildred Dec 2014 OP

this isn't that complex: an independent agency that investigates allegations against police bbgrunt Dec 2014 #1

That is EXACTLY what we need BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #2

Per capita 258 would be like 30,000 Americans being killed by cops this year Recursion Dec 2014 #3

The police have always been defenders of the Status Quo in Jamaica malaise Dec 2014 #5

Extra-judicial killings in Jamaica have been out of control for decades malaise Dec 2014 #4

Thanks for that. Adds to the OP. nt bemildred Dec 2014 #6