Justice Department Criticizes Puerto Rican Police

[LeighAnn]

Source: Associated Press

The 17,000-officer police force in Puerto Rico has unnecessarily injured hundreds of people and killed numerous others, engaging in a long-standing pattern of illegal practices, the Justice Department's civil rights division said Thursday.

In a 116-page report, the department also said Puerto Rican police routinely conduct illegal searches and seizures without warrants.

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The report found that police have used "unnecessary and unreasonable" deadly force while arresting people who posed little or no harm and who did not resist.

"Many subjects of excessive force were, at the time of the incident, carrying out ordinary activities or committing minor infractions," it said.

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[Historic NY]

1. Well why not put them under court ordered monitoring ............

they do it with other agencies...bring in a professional administrator