Baltimore Brew: Courts share blame for our police accountability problem by Todd Oppenheim:<\/p>\n
If we are ever going to fix the mess that we\u2019re in here in Baltimore and around the country \u2013 the chronic police mistreatment of citizens, primarily citizens of color \u2013 our judicial system has to step up and hold law enforcement\u2019s feet to the fire. All too often, they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
The role of the courts often gets left out of the conversation on police accountability. Reform is a comprehensive concept involving improved training of police officers, internal accountability within departments, tighter legislation from elected officials, but also an ultimate check from judges when things go wrong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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