Policing in Chicago Will Suffer After the SAFE-T Act – Chicago Contrarian

"To further illustrate the SAFE-T Act’s animus with police, lawmakers who authored the bill stepped over a sacrosanct line to allow the submission of anonymous complaints against officers. A flagrant infringement on an officer’s Sixth Amendment right, harboring, as the sponsors of the new law apparently do, a myopic prejudice against policemen, lawmakers who engineered the SAFE-T Act must believe complainants should enjoy a special sort of immunity, and officers should not have the benefit of facing their accusers."
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Mary Juana
3 years ago

Cops should do nothing pro active again in the city. No traffic stops or tickets, no arrests at all, advise victims to get a warrant. Take reports only. Under SAFE T the slightest misstep by a police officer such as not turning on the body cam in a very stressful situation at the right time could result in felony charges against the officer. Why risk a career, freedom, massive law suits etc to actually try and be a cop? Let the city burn, let the citizens who vote for the politicians who created this law suffer. I will have no… Read more »

Last edited 3 years ago by Mary Juana

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