A little more than a year ago, or 2 we had numerous threads following a take down somewhere, where the guy started having trouble breathing, and about 8 officers watched him die. This was just after the riots in Ferguson.
took some heat for talking about the "Public Trust". Why accountability for those who have power over the public , be they politicians, bankers on Wall Street, or LEO is so important. Why, anytime cops here cross the line, or screw up I am afamamant that heads need to roll. Said it way back then, when the public trust erodes, anarchy steps in and ultimately the men (and women) I'm blue pay the prices.
sadly today a number have.
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Joe is right in so much as it starts at the top. Elected officials who aren't held accountable, LEO and more.
Not sure we should be too smug though, we aren't that far behind
/points at the corruption in Queens Park
/points at G20 and only one middle level scape goat (Blair??)
/points at Sammy Yatim and others
/points at officers collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars for years while suspended for serious crimes
/points at growing distrust of both Leo and politicians here.
and no accountability.
thankfully at least here in Canada, those of us in "banking/Bay street" take it seriously and heads do roll. And the distrust there isn't as bad as the distrust of/on wall street
3 strikes and your.....