A little unrelated, but the scary thing about this and, IMO, all police incidents, is that it's very hard to prove the cop was in the wrong without video evidence. I filed a complaint a few years back against a police officer who had acted illegally and unprofessionally, but was basically told to stuff it by his superior. I think the main problem is that all complaints against the police are dealt with internally and there's a lot of motivation to sweep this stuff under the rug.
Would be nice if there was a separate board set up that could deal with and investigate citizen's complaints.
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