When cops lose public trust.

Reprinted from The Washington Post of September 18, 2020. This story's headline says it all: nobody wins when cops lose the public trust. The article is complete and verbatim, except that I have emphasized a few points with pullout quotes, none of which are formatted as pullouts in the original. Tumalo Lookout comments follow below …

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“Retribution.” Wasn’t the goal supposed to be, “justice?”

“I will tell you something, that’s the way it has to be. There has to be retribution when you have crime like this.”trump, speaking of a criminal suspect killed in a gunfight when US Marshals attempted to arrest him. “Justice With Judge Jeanine” Fox Television, Saturday, September 12, 2020 "Retribution?" I think I vaguely remember …

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