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undersuit a day ago

Maybe the police are part of the problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LASD_deputy_gangs

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ksymph a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Main article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_in_the_Los_Angeles_Count...

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ux266478 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Definitely, but they represent the opposite problem. The thing about the LASD and LAPD is that they are... extrajudicial. It's not "They catch a gang member and do nothing", but rather "They arrest a gang member with no valid reason to do so, and tortured/killed them over some street shit." Sometimes it's not a gang member at all. The end of the CRASH unit started when an officer thought he'd flash gang signs and try to kill a plainclothes officer, all in a fit of road rage. Who knows how many times that happened to a random civilian and it got blamed on gangbangers (who happened to not be police)

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loeg a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The problem GP is describing is mostly with the courts, not the cops.

	▲	chaps a day ago \| parent [-]
		Friend, that's a.... deep, deep mischaracterization of how the courts work. The cops, prosecutors and judges have deep relationship with each other. Yes, these are "courts problems", but you can't have these courts problems without cops, without prosecutors, without judges, etc. Ask yourself: why do public defenders have a tiny fraction of the budget of prosecutors?