• StaticFalconar@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Reason why its considered part of the family is because for every cop that does bad but nothing ever happens to them, you can thank the DA for that choice.

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      To add to this, high level prosecutors need the backing of the police to do their job well. Cops are the ones on the streets making arrests, collecting evidence, and enforcing the laws. If they don’t like a district attorney, they can look the other way and make it difficult for them to do their job.

      In my opinion one of the big reasons so many cops aren’t prosecuted in this country is the prosecutors don’t want to lose their political will with the cops.

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        In San Francisco, cops refused to do their jobs until the progressive DA who promised to punish bad cops was forced out.

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      I’m guessing the “back the blue” folks only consider someone a cop if they’re in the police union. Which is also funny because they tend to vastly support candidates that want to strip union rights