[Team Sergeant]

Originally Posted by MR2

I think that one of the things that encourages extralegal policing if not outright brutality is the increasing frequency of immunity being extended by Federal agencies to LEOs. For example, the above T-Shirt was printed out and sold to LEOs assigned to help with the 2008 DNC in Denver Colorado.

The DNC was categorized as a National Security event by the Secret Service and all LEOs were Federalized. Local jurisdictions demanded and were granted immunity for their officers and municipalities from any tort arising from this event. While Denver District court arbitrated any citizen violations of law, all claims against the Government had to be made in the Federal District court. A much higher legal bar to overcome. Officers knew it and acted accordingly. While there were few reported civil rights violations (two of which made national news only because of the video evidence), there was reportedly less attention to the rule and intent of the law than was normally applied. Many double standards. The infamous "Razor Wire Holding Facility/Concentration Camp" is one example.

Knowing human behavior as we do, how much of that "immunity attitude" is going to carryover when these LEOs return to their normal community duties?

In fact, Denver Police suffered a spate of serious police brutality beating cases in the years following the DNC. Reduced hiring standards or a push to hire for the DNC, the immunity, or just bad luck - who knows the cause.

It worked well for Hitler and his SS troops.........