Do any civics organization exist for these kinds of issues? Internal affairs, oversight boards, etc?
I’d doubt it but I’m curious.
I’ve never heard that Russian magistrates are slack, or less than rigorous, other than when the Party enforced this. The Party is gone. And even then some magistrates and judges stood up to it in upholding law.
Nor have I ever heard that there was more police brutality in the Russias than in the USA.
Ever heard of ‘Clubber’ Williams ?
ISTM the public council required by law would fit the bill.
How is policing setup in Russia? Is it at the Federal level? Or is it devolved to the regions (Russian’s have waaay too many kinds of those). Or is there a subject matter division of jurisdiction.
Set up at federal level with a number of local sections, such as Moscow City Police, which are subordinate to both the federal and municipal governments.
Russia is a civilized country, where people have pretty much the same rights and due process as in the USA and dozens of other modern industrialized nations. And, in fact, most less developed countries, too.
The only protection from abuse in the USA is the ACLU and similar non-governmental agencies. Other countries have those, too, to the extent that they are needed. USA rights and freedoms are not unique.
There have been a few high-profile cases in Russia in which police officers have been fired for assaulting people in custody. Some of the officers have even been charged with crimes. But these cases are very much the exception. Most police brutality in Russia is ignored at higher levels (and often approved of), and ordinary citizens have few avenues for seeking justice.
There have been a few high-profile cases in the USA in which police officers have been fired for assaulting people in custody. Some of the officers have even been charged with crimes. But these cases are very much the exception. Most police brutality in the USA is ignored at higher levels (and often approved of), and ordinary citizens have few avenues for seeking justice.
In fact, in the USA. where many prisons are owned and administered by private for-profit corporations, there is a strong financial incentive to make life difficult and infuriating enough for an inmate that he is unlikely to get time off for good behavior. Corporate owned prisons do not want any of their cash-cows being released early, which would cut heavily into their profits. So incarceration conditions are conducive to behaving badly.
Based on the highly reliable youtube dashcam videos I’ve seen cops in Russia fighting with perps appear to be about the same as cops in the US. I would guess that there may be more risk of the Russian police “tuning” you up after the arrest like old school US police did if you do something they didn’t like or injured them while they were arresting you.
A reliable site documenting known deaths in police custody in Russia is rusebola.com. It includes only deaths that have been confirmed. The actual figures are almost certainly much higher.