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"Two months earlier, in June 2005, in a moment of anger and frustration, Sweet had kicked a prone, handcuffed suspect, Anthony White,
in the head after a police pursuit.
—> After fellow officers filed an anonymous complaint, Sweet came under investigation but was not reassigned."
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Cheers for the fellow officers who stood up against brutal injustice in a Police Culture that demands Silence.

Breaking through the Blue Haze.

—""testilying," offering false testimony in court."

—"Repercussions for breaking the code of silence include ostracism, threats, and the fear that officers will not "back up" or protect an officer who breaks the code."

—""[T]he police department itself helps to cover up such people through the code of silence, and anyone who rats on another guy will find himself never promoted. "

—"...the code of silence all but assures impunity for officers who commit human rights violations
since, without information about brutal incidents from fellow officers, administrative and criminal
penalties are much less likely. In such a climate, officers who commit abuses flourish."

Explore the Police Brotherhood Code of Silence
http://www.hrw.org/reports98/police/uspo27.ht...