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"When I make a mistake at my job, no one dies. There is no destruction of property. I, and my company acknowledge it and we bend over backwards to correct it. When a cop messes up, people die. Innocent people. And hardly anyone ever goes to jail for that foul up. No one is accountable."

I'm sorry, I missed the part where you said you too wanted to go to jail when you screwed up. You want to be "accountable" in some rather severe manner, so it really hurts when you screw up. You wanted your home to be taken and given to the vendor you made the mistake on. Or you want a "devastating" loss to be suffered by you and your family when you made a mistake. Please be specific here. We want to read about that same high standard of suffering you endure that you expect from the cops. I missed that part of your ridiculous post.

My point is that cops have a hell of a lot more power than I do. So their screw ups do a lot more damage. And the consequences should do a lot of damage to the cop that screws up. Do you think nothing should happen to cops that screw up and get the wrong house? Throwing flash bangs in. Screaming at the occupants. Throwing people to the ground. Standing on the back of necks. Do you think if people are treated like that for no reason, that cops should just be able to shrug their shoulders and say “Oh well, my bad”? i’d like to see them suffer serious consequences for that, to force cops to be extra careful to not make that mistake again. And if people are killed in a botched raid, the cops involved should go to prison (general population), just like any other criminal.

We want to read about that same high standard of suffering you endure that you expect from the cops.

You're kidding around?