Why are so many criminal cops getting a pass in California?

In a free and open society, not even powerful government officials are supposed to be above the law.
Yet a remarkable investigation, published in the Southern California News Group and several other newspapers across the state on Sunday, showed the degree to which this principle is routinely violated in our state. The situation demands change.
The result of six months of digging from UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program, the series found 630 police officers in the past decade who