America not only has a police violence problem, it also has a police dishonesty problem. It’s hard to imagine something more dishonorable than sending innocent people to jail or death row; but, in fact, exonerating the innocent is rapidly becoming a booming legal industry.
I think America’s police departments need a housecleaning. Too many of the wrong peoplee people are hired as cops. (Not counting the insurance executive who bought a badge so he could play real-life cop, then fatally shot a suspect by accident, and now is a real-life manslaughter defendant.)
Philadelphia has a long-standing reputation for police corruption, so this is no surprise:
“A disgraced ex-police officer testifying against his drug squad colleagues acknowledged Tuesday that he stole drug money, planted evidence and lied on police paperwork too many times to count. … More than 160 drug convictions have been overturned since Walker pleaded guilty and the others were named in a 26-count indictment. Scores of civil-rights lawsuits are pending over the arrests.”
These guys probably will go to jail, but there’s plenty more like them still serving in America’s police departments.