A raw number of complaints against a particular police officer is meaningless. A good friend of mine told a group of us that he has several complaints that are obviously invalid (and identified as such) in his jacket because you can’t ever just throw out a complaint. He specifically mentioned four cases where an incident happened when he was not only not on duty, but was on vacation out of state.
Validated complaints that at least should have resulted in disciplinary action are meaningful, but stuff that is either made up completely or a case of mistaken identity should not be counted.
A raw number of complaints against a particular police officer is meaningless.
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Good point. Any white cop assigned to a hostile minority area is going to be targeted by lying drug dealers and guys who think they can avoid jail by saying “I can’t breathe.” We’re long gone from the era when cops could get away with beating people in dark alleys.