[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Brian Swartz

In keeping with this, what practical changes should be made in terms of police reform? I haven't seen this discussed a lot recently. The thing I keep running into when I think about this is the fact that juries repeatedly rarely convict if they even bother indicting police on serious crimes. There's a cultural shift that I think needs to happen for the police violence issue to improve, but other than just waiting for it to happen/protesting, how do we make that happen? What policy changes do people think would help?

I think outside prosecutors should handle all police prosecutions. Prosecutors need to work with their local law enforcement and thus are reluctant to do anything that could damage a relationship they need to win other cases. With outside prosecutors, maybe we'll have fewer instances of DA's acting like the officer's defense attorney.