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2nd Circuit to cop: someone observing all the laws is not "probable cause" for a search
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I used to say this on Reddit, make "Abuse of the public trust" a federal felony and make providing any form of law enforcement require a federally issued licence that you cannot hold if you have ever been convicted of a felony and should have to have being charged with one investigated. Dont even attatch a huge jail term to that charge, but guilty means you cant just move towns, cities, states or agencies and get another LEO job.
Now its awfly unpopular on here but I am a moderate when it comes to the cops. I think their biggest problem is the lack of trust from the community. Officers who make an honest mistake should be subject to a (stricter than it is) disciplinary procedure. But officers who willingly and knowingly abuse their power, plant evidence, take bribes etc should immediately be charged with a federal felony.
Now Inb4 defund the police, acab and all that shit... I just want the government to force the cops to live up to the badge. Embody the protect and serve motto. Be the people who deserve the respect they think they are owed. It should be a well paying job, it is dangerous and it isnt easy. But you shouldnt be protected if you are willfully abusing your power or deliberately breaking laws.
The reality is you have to have law enforcement. There are perverse incentives from traffic enforcement all the way through civil asset forfeiture and fucking prison headcount quotas, but the structure of laws and enforcement are how we have a society.
With that power comes responsibility, which is why abuses of power need to be treated extremely harshly.
And spend those big bucks on training instead of equipment. Good people make bad decisions when they're not prepared properly for a situation. Prepare them instead of arming them to the teeth.
Citation needed.
Cops are not law enforcement outside traffic stops. The supreme court said the opposite, police have no responsibility to protect victims from crimes, full stop.