Ending police brutality also means challenging the courts and prosecutors who condone it

As the country struggles in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, we in Baltimore are taking a harder look at a  police department whose misdeeds have continued over the years despite sporadic bursts of national attention and touted reforms.

That examination is long overdue. But we should also scrutinize the roles of other key players in the justice system who condone officers’ misconduct through a rarely recognized pattern:

The same cops offer problematic…