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[computers putin']

It maybe shocking to hear someone admit to this, but is this really news to some people?

 

[Dead Man]

As ever, not surprised, but still saddened and angry. Even if it is not rampant, it damages trust in the police, and that can only make their job harder. Quotas should never be part of law enforcement, either.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

He isn't a whistleblower, he's a cop who got caught and cut a deal.

So were Canseco and Donaghy. The skepticism arises because these guys are scumbags who didn't come forward when they were reaping the benefits of their illegal activities. In Canseco's case, he barely scratched the surface with his finger pointing. We still don't know how deep the NBA corruption goes, Stern and the refs have put up a unified front and anyone who criticizes the officials publicly is fined.

 

[KHarvey16]

So were Canseco and Donaghy. The skepticism arises because these guys are scumbags who didn't come forward when they were reaping the benefits of their illegal activities. In Canseco's case, he barely scratched the surface with his finger pointing. We still don't know how deep the NBA corruption goes, Stern and the refs have put up a unified front and anyone who criticizes the officials publicly is fined.

That skepticism was warranted. The fact that they were right in some of their allegations does not render that skepticism ill founded.

 

[Big Baybee]

There can't be people surprised by this?

 

[Kaako]

That is absolutely despicable.

 

[Kai Dracon]

There can't be people surprised by this?

I don't think it's surprise as an expression of fresh anger at how police power and the excuse of the endless drug war is used to fuck over innocent persons every day, and there's basically nothing anyone can do to stop it.

Still, America has a kind of code where, you don't ever actually mention, or act, on corruption even though you know it's happening - until it makes the news big time. There's some hope that this will turn up the heat on police corruption, and also help push more people to the breaking point in living in a casually corrupt society instead of looking the other way, because it's not happening to them (at the moment).

 

[akira28]

I'd like to see whoever did something like this, beaten. Come at me.

 

[BoobPhysics101]

Police should face 2x the penalty of lay people for their abuse of power.

But then there'd be a decrease in police corruption.

 

[akira28]

He isn't a whistleblower, he's a cop who got caught and cut a deal.

That's probably worse.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Police have quotas, WAT????????

That´s the most ridiculous thing ever. Many innocent people has their lives ruined by this shit because of this shit practice.

 

[Aurora]

It's disgusting practice, and any officer caught doing it should get an automatic life sentence.

This is why setting number targets is a retarded idea in the police force.

 

[Monocle]

The scum who willfully frame innocent people for drug possession, or who are complicit in the practice, deserve not a single hour of freedom for the rest of their malignant lives. Absolutely disgusting.

 

[Kentpaul]

the people who made these laws are no better than the cop who abused them..

Both criminalising the innocent.

 

[Raonak]

who are the "bad boys" now?

 

[MightyHedgehog]

the people who made these laws are no better than the cop who abused them..

Both criminalising the innocent.

Yes, but you've got billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs at stake if you want to fix the system. No way is that going to fly, especially in the current climate. Then there's the issue of a tidal wave of lawsuits set against all of the agencies involved and things get even more expensive and threaten to destroy all public trust in the system. We've got a huge problem in a self-reinforced system built on false justice going so far back as to make it very, very difficult to see any real change where it matters at the top. It's going to take a practically Civil Rights-like movement to make this happen in any meaningful way. Something will happen sooner than later, even if it's because there will be no funding to continue this tremendous waste of money and human lives.

 

[PeteZaTheHutt]

From your story, it sounds like they can.

Yeah, tell me about it. I've got some hope that my complaint against the local cop might accomplish something because the organization that polices the police is actually a third party that is made up of regular citizens so as to (ideally) eliminate any bias that would be present when the cops investigate one of their own. For any of you who are interested, this happened to me in Ontario and this organization that fields complaints is the OIPRD (the Office of the Independent Police Review Director). Not only do they assess complaints against the police, but they also have the authority to dole out punishment accordingly, such as demotions, suspensions and even dismissals and criminal charges if warranted. I just filed my complaint a couple of weeks ago (you have to file within 6 months of the actual incident and this happened in mid-April) and it apparently may take several months before I receive a response. So it's just a waiting game for now...