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A couple stories in the news this week illustrate how police culture uses both official and unofficial means to retaliate against whistleblowing. The first story comes from Albuquerque, a city that has been plagued for decades by police shootings, brutality, and corruption scandals. The Watch has already detailed how the city's police are rarely held accountable, how those cops who dare to report misconduct by other cops have been punished and how even the local prosecutor faced retaliation after charging the officers who shot and killed James Boyd. We've also documented how difficult it can be to fire bad cops, and how even when they are fired, they usually just find jobs with another police agency. So what does it take to both fire a cop and prevent that cop from working elsewhere? Whistleblowing. Read More |