“Video recording is one thing..but in Chicago they have to fill out a PAPER field interview form, give one to person interviewed and the other be filed in the precent!!!”
And this drastic development was necessitated by the Chicago cops having their own “Black Site” where they held people without charge, beat confessions out of them, denied them access to lawyers, and very likely killed a few people as well.
Not to mention the innumerable violations of civil rights over the years that were denied by the cops even after video of the events surfaced.
So since they’ve proven themselves not to be trustworthy then this is where we are.
The other option, which I prefer, is to do away with modern politicized police departments, bring back the elected sheriff as the head law enforcement official for every county, and institute Constitutional carry and the inalienable right of self defense for the citizenry.
Make America a dangerous place for criminals again.
Your idea has merit. But the voters of Cook County would pick the Sheriff. And there’s no indication they’d do better at the than they did for Mayor.
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