A modern, USA city decided it is best to, destroy, 20yrs of records on police misconduct!

https://www.theroot.com/city-decides-to-destroy-20-years-worth-of-police-miscon-1831326975

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2647363/ragan-v-city-of-inglewood-ca23/

How does this benefit the residents of that city?

 

"...May 2008, Officer Brian Ragan gunned down 19-year-old Michael Bayoune at a Rally’s in Inglewood, Calif., Bayoune was unarmed and had not made any threats but Ragan mistook the teenager for a gang member and opened fire.

An internal investigation cleared Ragan of any wrongdoing.

A few days later in May 2008, Ragan knocked on the door of Kevin Wicks. Wicks answered the door at his home with a gun in his hand, so Ragan shot him dead. It turned out Ragan had knocked on the wrong door and the city of Inglewood was ordered to pay a settlement to Wicks’ family.

An internal investigation cleared Ragan of any wrongdoing.

Then there was the time Ragan beat up Eduardo Carranza during a 2006 arrest. Also, he was caught on tape brutally attacking Rene Melendez on camera. According to court documents, these resulted in internal investigations but didn’t result in Ragan getting fired for any form of police brutality.

No one really knows how many people Brian Ragan brutalized during his time working for the Inglewood Police Department. And no one will ever likely know now that the Inglewood Police Department is planning to shred all of the files..."