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Wish we could stop tip-toeing around it. This was clear extrajudicial punishment but everyone from cop to judge will pretend it's some kind of accident or misunderstanding and ignore the totally systemic source of the problem- that cops have zero accountability.
I think it's great how Americans mistrust the police so they live vigilantes but apparently the police also wants to play vigilante even though they would be in the perfect position to ensure that vigilantism isn't needed.
Speaking of not tip toeing things:
The murder of Freddie Gray. The cops knew that what they did was dangerous because they have to clean up car accidents. Choosing to give someone a 'rough ride' is premeditated murder or attempted murder and anyone other than a cop would be charged.
It is also not in their job description to disperse "justice", or do anything but apprehend suspects and then allow the Justice System we have in place to deal with that. The second they step outside of that description they should be treated like any other citizen who took vigilante justice into their own hands, being charged and tried as such.
If I remember, Gray didn't even commit a crime. They arrested him for something the officers didn't realize was legal in their state, and he wasn't even doing it any way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Freddie_Gray