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‘Deeply broken:’ How Detroit lets bad cops off the hook (www.deadlinedetroit.com)

submitted 2 years ago by FaygoOfficial@midwest.social to c/detroit@midwest.social

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Our review found that lax enforcement, strong union protections and internal bias create a perpetuating cycle of limited accountability. […] “The risk to people in the community is very, very high,” said Jonathan Smith. […] Detroit is one of just a handful of major cities whose contract contains all six commonly found provisions that Check the Police, a project of criminal justice reform group Campaign Zero, deems problematic. […] For the bulk of the last 20 years, the Detroit police department has been in a perpetual state of reform, pushing forward with marginal improvements against the weight of its own mismanagement.

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