• Officers beat pretrial detainee to death in jail’s ‘blind spot’ as punishment, feds say (archived link)
• Wisconsin DA dismisses 40 cases because of police officer credibility concerns
• Cops were told man was ‘armed’ with fake gun, killed him anyway, and didn’t tell the public they knew the gun was fake (archived link)
• Retired Portland police officer among dozens charged in human trafficking sting (archived link)
• New Jersey police officer arrested for child pornography
(archived link)
• Massachusetts police lieutenant gets 4-6 years in prison after confessing to child rapes (archived link)
• Ohio cop fired for allegedly exchanging nude images with an underage girl
(archived link)
• Pennsylvania detective sergeant charged with stealing drugs from community medication collection program (archived link)
• ‘I felt like my son was safe’: Mother demands jail reforms in wake of inmate deaths (archived link)
• Kentucky police officer indicted after body camera video shows bloody confrontation
(archived link)
The problem is that the police has way too little training, and most of it is weapons training. If the only tool you know how to use is a gun, then you become a villain.
Most European countries require 3 or more years of training. It’s basically a bachelors degree, with ethics and conflict handling. Because of this, police brutality is nowhere near the levels of the US.