DrCube
November 26, 2014, 7:59pm
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I had a few ideas in the other thread :
Create incentives to behave ethically.
Like putting cops who kill unarmed children on trial, for one.
Sentence prosecutors who tamper with evidence behind bars for more than 10 days, for another.
We could withdraw funding from the FBI when it wrongfully convicts people.
Every time a prisoner is exonerated , the prosecutor and law enforcement personnel who put them behind bars should be investigated.
Confiscate property only when the owner has been convicted of a crime.
We could end prohibition, yet again. Eliminate private prisons . Stop tying police funding to tickets, fines and confiscations. Stop tying police and prosecutorial career advancement to successful convictions and instead maybe tie it to fewer crimes ?
Police and prosecutorial misconduct should be among the most thoroughly investigated and strictly punished crimes on the books. We should instill a culture of law enforcement as humble public servants who are held to higher standards, not thugs who are above the law.
Also this:
EVERY TIME a cop shoots somebody, there should be a trial. Period. It should be a matter of public record: his reasoning, his options, the evidence for and against the necessity of firing his weapon.
Do you think if you shot a 12 year old on the playground you’d get to go home that day, no questions asked? Cops should be held to a higher standard than the general public.
This is focused on the justice system as a whole, though.
Body cameras are a great place to start. Stop pitting the cop’s word against the accused’s, and start expecting video evidence behind every frivolous “resisting arrest” charge.