Carlos speaks out about Racism and Bengals

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(08-28-2020, 11:25 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Qualified immunity basically went away a long time ago. And, it only covered you in cases where you were acting in good faith, ie, you arrested someone for DUI and they blew under the limit, they cannot sue you for false arrest. If you are not acting in good faith, it never covered you. And, anyone can sue you at any time. While they may not win, it is troublesome to have to fight these cases. 
IA does not file complaints usually, they investigate complaints that come in from the public. If someone complains you gave them a ticket for speeding, and they were speeding, it's still a complaint. There is a finding and recommendation from IA, which then will or will not lead to discipline. The problem is the press just puts out so and so had X number of complaints in 2 years, and never says how many, if any, were substantiated...

The article states that Chauvin was disciplined on 2 of the 18. So the media does report it if they have the information. The problem is the police departments are not really forthcoming with what the complaints are, how true or realistic they were and what the punishments are. It's just another case of lack of transparency. To be perfectly honest, the fact that we leave holding police accountable to the police, it's kind of a shit show all around. If you are expected to self police your own misconduct, how truthful are you even capable of being?