“Then make something up.” — a Baltimore sergeant to an officer, DURING A DOJ RIDE-ALONG

[kpete]

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/763205793009307648



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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2016/08/10/excerpts-from-the-justice-departments-report-on-practices-of-the-baltimore-police-department/

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Way down in the hole. nt

[DetlefK]

2. The polar opposite of british policing:

British policing is based on
* make sure that the citizens like you
* make sure that police has a connection to the area they police
* being polite pays
* when in conflict, first try to solve the situation by talking. If that doesn't help, use non-lethal weapons like baton, mace, your fists... If somebody has a gun, call the rapid-response-guys with the machine-guns.

[Iggo]

3. That's cops. That's who they are. That's what they do.

[heaven05]

4. pure racism and sexism

drives this police department and prosecutors office. I see why, even in expecting the verdicts that came down, how Freddie Gray could be murdered and his killers ALL let off

[procon]

5. That authoritarian mindset scares the shit out of me.

Its become so institutionalized that it is part of the prevailing police culture; us vs them. Its reinforced everyday, from the top down, and then between every cop, and also be the reactions of people in the community that have lived under generations of injustice. It won't be changed by new policies and practices, the police have been doing this for decades, and the attitude is hardwired now, most of them will be unable to make the transition their city needs.