The district attorney's office should not be on buddy-buddy relations with law enforcement officers.
More to the point: Yes, we need someone independent from the police investigating police abuses. The police should not be investigating themselves. Could the DA do it, then? Yes. The DA is, in fact, a natural alternative. But, if they are to be an independent investigator, they need to separate themselves from buddy-buddy influence.
And, if they are to be the independent investigators, they need to do their own investigating. They should not be dependent on police to go in and gather evidence for them.
If a criminal were to have license to investigate him- or herself, where would we be? Are we going to have two sets of rules, one for the public, and one for the police? If the common person, when he or she is accused of a crime, is not allowed to investigate themselves, why do we allow police to investigate themselves? Why do we allow an agency next door, filled with buddies, to do the investigation?
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