[quote=FlyerInHi]simple answer, CAr. Because the assailants are not cops representing institutional power.
We are more outraged, as a we should be, by cops using the power of their institutions to abuse citizens.
Here’s a story on institutional abuse. New technology is making lots of past abuses come to light.
In the future, cameras and new technology, especially location technology in private spaces will prevent lots of crimes.
Maybe we don’t need so many cops anymore.[/quote]
I’m a big critic of police misconduct, and the case you’ve linked to was a tragedy (D.A. misconduct, not police, in that case). Whenever an innocent person is convicted of a crime, especially one so heinous, we need to seriously study what went wrong, and why, to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.
The corruption of institutional power is never acceptable, but neither are mob attacks (or any attacks) against innocent people.
While I’m not a fan of “technology in private spaces,” I love DNA technology that enables us to more easily convict the guilty and set the innocent free.
