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 final year, revealing a shockingly ugly 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