Citizens Forcing Police Accountability Is Working: Killer Cops Prosecuted at Record Rate
The above numbers do not include the six officers charged in the murder of Freddie Grey, as four of them have been charged only with manslaughter.
After watching grand jury after grand jury failing to indict killer cops—with some of the shootings caught on video—this spike in police officers being charged is heartening. However, it does not go nearly far enough. For every cop who is charged in the killing of an innocent victim, dozens more are not. For example, on Wednesday, a grand jury decided that Deputy Todd Raible, who shot and killed Derek Cruice did so because he is an apparent “hero” in the war on drugs, and they decided not to indict him.
While this spike in police prosecutions is not as high as we’d like to see, it shows that when Americans cast aside their apathetic tendencies, positive change can happen.
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