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Two police officers pleaded guilty Thursday to manslaughter in the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman during a botched drug raid last fall. ⇒

   27 April 2007, early morning

These raids are a fairly big problem in the US. The police fuck them up all the time it would seem.

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  1. I’ve always thought there should be more people watching the cops. There isn’t a good system of checks and balances that are preventative, only reactive.

    As an auditor, I don’t see why Police don’t have to be worried that someone will stop THEM for going through a light w/ a siren for no emergency. Or that someone will arrest them for inappropriate behavior or excessive violence. If they knew that there were random people that would get them fired or otherwise reprimanded, they would follow the laws like they are supposed to.

    by Victor on April 27 2007, 12:02 pm   #

  2. Reason has a good article on this as well.

    by ramanan on April 27 2007, 2:01 pm   #

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