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Now do the whole country, county by county, state by state; but do it with independent individuals at random from the country.
Police should not be able to investigate themselves NOR should they be able to be investigated by anyone that EVER served in law enforcement/justice system.
The bulletin said the Justice Department as well as the International Association of Chiefs of Police would take part in an "independent, external review" requested by the city to assess the Memphis Police Department's special units and use-of-force policies.

I wish there could be an independent, federal review of all use of force cases. Allowing the police to investigate themselves is not working. Neither is expecting the local DAs, who depend on their cooperation, to hold them accountable. >

I'm assuming you mean use of deadly force cases. Reviewing all use of force cases would require a federal agency with tens of thousands of employees to focus on only that. 
All use of deadly force cases are reviewed by a state agency, the TBI in the Memphis incident, not the agency involved. >

Could make it 3rd party state level watch dogs. Acceptable use of force requires familiarity with the culutre of the area as well as recent happenings. >

What kind of "culture" are you talking about that would make the cops beating a guy to death be OK in one city but not OK in another? >

It wouldn't be, but some cases use of force would be considered fine in one state but not another as far as risk level. In Texas due to our laws unless an officer has reason to believe they'll become violent or are planning an arrest for a crime they should not ever draw their weapon on someone just simply open carrying a pistol walking down a road at night cause that's how enough people casually roll.
In say california -where I as a Texan (see the problem of lack of knowledge of another state here?) would expect it to be far less common due to the laws there and the anti-gun culture it would likely be considered fine to draw on someone open carrying.
It's not just about beating some guy to death. It's about handling ALL uses of force, and yes drawing your pistol in Texas is the same as firing it. If you are clear to draw on a target here, you're clear to fire to eliminate the threat. >

Sorry, but I think that a cop pulling his weapon on someone should be investigated in both Texas and California.
Bullets don't get magically safer when you cross a state line. >

Investigation is fine, the results can and should be completely different is my point. That's why you need someone who is familiar with the norms in this. >

Or we could make the obvious conclusion that police brutality is equally bad and equally inexcusable no matter where it occurs.  Even if it happens in Texas. >

All police departments need a review. >

The only reason anyone knows about this incident is there was video. Same with Floyd.  When there’s no oversight the reports are all lies. >

They were coming up with the lies to include in their report as this young man lay dying and in pain handcuffed on the cold, dirty ground at their feet. Had there not been that pole camera, they would have walked away from this. Now it’s time to wait and see how they respond, to get better at avoiding cameras or stop beating the shit outta people. Hard to see which way the chips will fall at this point. >

Review the LAPD! Worst and most brutal dept in the country and they don't provide any actual benefit for the public. >

Isn’t the LASD an actual gang >

Yeah, several gangs actually >

Yeah I was trying to think of what to call a group of gangs lol >

A syndicate >

They should dismantle the entire department to start from scratch! >

~~department~~
Concept. >

Demilitarize and work on de-escalation techniques like the British.
Also need to cut the loopholes that allow shitty cops to transfer and pick up where they left off. >

They should probably review every police department since brutality is rampant due to the institution of police being a method of state violence against the poor and marginalized. >

Well the police have too much power and the Justice department will not remove their powers.  This needs investigated but the police powers need to be reduced! >

As more are more people grow dissatisfied with the government, especially those that lean left, the government will expand police powers and lower police liability so that when the time come they'll be ready to turn on us to protect the ownership classes. >

I agree -despite videos like we saw recently in Memphis - nothing seems to be done about reigning in Police powers.  I blame this failure on everyone:  the left, the right and the middle.  We need to redefine the permitted use of force by local, state and federal officials and remove the legal shields associated with use of force. >

I assume rather than firing everyone and burning the police department to the ground, they’ll give them a list of superficial improvements to make that will slightly extend the period of time between events like this. >

I'm sure Garland will find a way to drag his feet on this, too. >

The justice department needs to review police departments, not just Memphis. >

The video of that beating is arguably more vile and heinous than the videos of George Floyd's murder and Rodney King's beating. Don't know why but the media feels Mr. Nichols deserves only a tiny fraction of the coverage than those other guys for this case of police brutality. >

Damn who would have known all these years all we needed for the govt to step in was for black officers to be involved. >

Thank the gods the cops are....investigating....the....cops. I'm sure there will be an impartial and thorough investigation, just like they did with Justice Fratbro. >

"We reviewed it, Memphis PD fired those involved so nothing further is needed" - that is how this is going to go. The justice department doesn't give a fuck either.