'Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- It highlights the paradox of law enforcement breaking the law themselves.
- In plain terms
- Who stops the police when they break the rules?
- What can you take from it?
- Accountability must exist even for those who enforce the law.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we ensure police accountability?
- Who watches the watchers?
Another view
It assumes a clear legal framework exists to hold them accountable.
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