The police watchdog group that revealed how difficult it is to obtain a police complaint form in various South Florida jurisdictions conducted the same investigation in Independence, Missouri.

This time, their investigator was arrested. Rather violently. Remember, this is what happened to a guy who was investigating how difficult it is to report police abuse.

In other words, he was testing the validity of one of those mechanisms for accountability Justice Scalia assured us in Hudson are doing a fine job of minimizing police excesses.

The local news affiliate has more on the incident, which took place last April. Also, be sure to read the You Tube comments for one description of what appears to be a paramilitary raid based on marijuana possession.

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