ICPPUL > Police > Unaccountable

• malignant loyalty: (gang mentality) police collegues, associations, and unions cover for the bad apples and go after the good ones.
• charge “interference” for non-physical interference, such as recording someone else’s traffic stop
• qualified immunity — if there is not an exact precedent, qualified immunity makes police (and judges) above the law
• conflict-of-interest / weak self-investigations
• are intentionally difficult and obstructive of efforts to protest government action
• exclude non-corporate press that is not friendly with them
• almost never admit that they are wrong | The exception: enlightened supervisor
• refuse to answer / deflect
• refuse to identify
• try to prevent recording  (2)  or mute/ obstruct body camera
• try to intimidate or prevent filing of complaints
• Trained not to say sorry because of the legal liability.
• use pretext of “safety” as catch-all excuse, including for authoritarianism
• They engage in Massive retaliation when corruption is exposed (using a honeypot)
• The only accountability is through a taxpayer payout, but the officers are not held responsible and reform is not enacted. Many officers are actually promoted.
• Lie, evade, misconstrue, and never admit fault when deposed, and face no accountability (instead taxpayers pay).   (fascism is ok if someone is unusual)