WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — On Tuesday, the city of Cleveland announced the details of a settlement with the US Department of Justice on what the authorities described as a pattern of excessive use of force and unconstitutional policing including racial bias.
"Whatever kind of agreement they come to, the cops will still be on the force. The DOJ and Cleveland Police are all law enforcement and on the same side of the thin blue line."
Odolecki said that the DOJ and Cleveland Police will never cross any lines to fix issues regarding excessive force and violation of Cleveland citizens’ rights, and will continue to build "a blue wall of silence" to protect Cleveland police from indictments.
"The US DOJ and [Cleveland] police are all a part of the same hypocrisy. It’s [consent decree] just one criminal making an agreement with another criminal. This will not fix anything."
Greater Cleveland Cop Block is a decentralized US advocacy group focused on police accountability.