Blue lies matter: How courts protect abusive cops and prison guards

Rashid is as renowned for his art as for his journalism. He created this drawing in 2010 and used it to illustrate his 2020 article raising the same issue he discusses here. He calls it “Defend Black Lives.” by Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson A cop violates your rights and home Consider this: In the dead of night while you and your kids are sleeping in bed, a uniformed cop breaks out your back window, crawls inside, creeps into your kids’ room and when one awakens, he holds them at gunpoint. He then goes room to room, taking valuables. Finally, he leaves out the front door with his booty and pulls away in his patrol car. You awake to discover that your home was violated and your child threatened. You are outraged! Your home security system captured everything on video and enables you to identify the cop who did this. You make complaints – an “investigation” is staged by the police department, but of course they close ranks to protect their colleague and nothing is done (the “thin blue line”). So you hire an attorney and sue the criminal cop. In response to your suit, the state’s largest and most powerful law...