• OutsizedWalrus@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    To add to this, high level prosecutors need the backing of the police to do their job well. Cops are the ones on the streets making arrests, collecting evidence, and enforcing the laws. If they don’t like a district attorney, they can look the other way and make it difficult for them to do their job.

    In my opinion one of the big reasons so many cops aren’t prosecuted in this country is the prosecutors don’t want to lose their political will with the cops.

    • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      In San Francisco, cops refused to do their jobs until the progressive DA who promised to punish bad cops was forced out.