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Watching The Cops See other Watching The Cops Articles Title: The Police Cannot Be a Law Unto Themselves
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The New York Times
URL Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/ ... -accountability-democracy.html
Published: Feb 1, 2023
Author: Jamelle Bouie
Post Date: 2023-02-01 17:04:42 by Charles_Byrd
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In 2020, during the weeks of protest and civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, I argued that the problem of police violence and misconduct was a problem of democracy. And this week, in the wake of yet another police killing caught on camera, I think its worth saying, again, that the institution of American policing lies outside any meaningful democratic control. You can think of accountability for public institutions in two ways: on the back end and on the front end. Click for Full Text! Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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