What's going on in your city?
I don't wanna get doxxed so I'm gonna keep this as vague as I can. But the US DOJ found that police department engages in human rights violations (shocker), including using tasers at first provocation; siccing police dogs on anyone deemed a suspect; unnecessarily escalating minor incidents into major ones (especially with mental health calls); sexually assaulting female suspects in their custody; having sex with victims of sex trafficking rings while the cop was supposed to be undercover; and just generally making life worse for anyone who wasn't a cis white man (hey, it's in the report).
The DOJ basically told them to get their shit together, including several layers of harrassment training, better enforcement of discipline for officers who fail to fix their behavior, and creating an actual system for handling civilian complaints.
Most residents want a civilian review board so that the community itself can hold the police accountable. After all, you can't trust the corrupt to correct the corrupt.
And our fucking City Manager (may he reign in piss and shit, and I can legally say that now) said "We don't need a civilian review board. The police have done enough reform." He refuses to move forward with it.
The video I was reacting to was about a story that happened a few years ago at a local university. The Youtuber said that the police gave them all of the info they needed to make a concise review of what happened - and the bodycam footage in the video shows that the police handled the situation very calmly and respectfully. That is a FLUKE, though. After working in the library and seeing how the cops treat the patrons - especially if they are Black, let alone if they even appear to be homeless or drug addicts - I have yet to see a single one of those pigs behave like they know what human beings are.
The people in this city very rarely agree on anything, but the rejection of the review board has even the bootlickers saying "That isn't right."