After investigations into serious misconduct,findings of systemic bias cast a pall on law enforcement and question the city’s faith as a progressive beaconA court filing by a US attorney pulled back the curtain of the San Francisco police department in March last year, revealing a shockingly repugnant culture in which sworn officers of the law exchanged text messages expressing such sentiments as All niggers must fucking hang” and “Cross burning lowers blood pressure”.The ensuing scandal – which implicated 14 officers and compromised thousands of criminal cases – cast a pall on the police department and shook San Francisco’s faith in itself as a progressive beacon. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com