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Re:Lax oversight allows Chicago police to avoid turning on t... by Clubber on Monday November 16, 2020 @05:24PM (#25117859)
It's a national problem in the sense that it happens all over the nation and isn't limited to a particular department. It's a state and local problem in the sense that legally, the states and local governments have jurisdiction over their police force.

The US is a union of states. Although we have a pretty massive and powerful federal government, many things are the responsibility of the states and the federal government has limited ability to intervene. Using the FBI is one of the avenues I believe though.

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Re:Lax oversight allows Chicago police to avoid turning on t... by BHSPitMonkey on Monday November 16, 2020 @06:15PM (#25118332)
States in the union are bound by the U.S. Constitution; If a state's government exhibits a pattern of denying its citizens their constitutionally-guaranteed rights (often in the form of quite literally _ending those citizens' lives_), it is absolutely the Federal government's job to compel that problem into nonexistence.
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Re:Lax oversight allows Chicago police to avoid turning on t... by Clubber on Monday November 16, 2020 @06:24PM (#25118395)
Well they ain't doin' it.
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