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How bloated pensions contribute to police brutality

OCTOBER 20, 2015 | by Radley Balko | THE WASHINGTON POST

 "... They paid Lewinski $50,000 for the session. A spokesperson for the IPRA, which reports to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, called the training "highly specialized and very difficult to find." Funny. The Justice Department calls it "pseudoscience." The Chicago Sun-Times reported last year that between 2004 and 2014, the city payed out more than $500 million in police brutality settlements. The IPRA is supposed to be the agency that holds bad cops accountable, imposing sanctions that should deter future bad behavior. So why would the city hire a guy whose shtick is to defend all police shootings, and encourage more cops to shoot people more often? My guess is public pensions..."
 

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