>> In which countries are law officers accountable for their crimes? I can't name any.
Basically none, if you mean as a rule. There are exceptions of course in all countries, including the United States, but by and large, officers are above the law.
Yet the answer is rarely "less government / oversight" when it comes to these issues. It's just a race to get their preferred candidate into office who will wield the expanding power in a more efficient and effective manner, of course.
The "officers" being shown in /r/HongKong disgust and enrage me.
My dad was Oakland PD in the 70s - he quit after OPD killed several black panthers. He said he had to quit, as, "When you spend your whole life looking for bad, soon, thats all you can see"
Basically none, if you mean as a rule. There are exceptions of course in all countries, including the United States, but by and large, officers are above the law.
Yet the answer is rarely "less government / oversight" when it comes to these issues. It's just a race to get their preferred candidate into office who will wield the expanding power in a more efficient and effective manner, of course.