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Re:White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police a... by kanox on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:30PM (#24298286)
> You don't get to ignore states rights just because they aren't particularly popular.

Wouldn't it be possible to define all police misconduct a federal crime?

> Also, look into "regulatory capture". Independent bodies tend toward becoming very cosy with those they're supposed to be monitoring.

This happens to regulations of commercial activity because industry has a lot of incentive to lobby the regulators. Local police departments don't have much resources to lobby government agencies.

At the very least investigations performed by a external party would be less partial than those performed locally.

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Re:White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police a... by BurningFrog on Thursday August 27, 2020 @05:12PM (#24298716)
Regulatory capture is about a lot more than lobbying.

Then again, I don't know that thinking of prosecutors are regulators is a good framing.

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Re:White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police a... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday August 27, 2020 @05:00PM (#24298612)
> Wouldn't it be possible to define all police misconduct a federal crime?

IANAL. Maybe.

> Local police departments don't have much resources to lobby government agencies.

The problem isn't just police departments. I think the problem is more the police unions. Could they work together to have enough resources? I suspect so.

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