Phoenix's police union has a secret deal with the department to purge dirty cops' disciplinary records

Yup.

For an American cop to actually be investigated and found guilty of misconduct, the abuse has to be spectacularly blatant and the evidence unusually comprehensive. For every episode of police misconduct that is officially recorded, a vastly greater number slip under the radar. What you see here is very much just the tip of the iceberg.

A similar dynamic exists in relation to war crimes committed by American occupation troops.

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