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It seems as simplistic to say it's the norm as it is to say it's an isolated case.

Why not just prosecute where there is evidence of wrongdoing.

None of the perpetrators of the 1985 bombing in Philadelphia - committed by police - ever got hauled in front of a court [1]. Abuse of power rarely gets punished if you are high enough in the chain.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing

Richard Helms destroyed documents regarding the CIA and their work in torturing US citizens and died and free man.

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