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Oppressive police have been able to disappear people who are politically inconvenient.
In Soviet Russia and Pinochet’s Chile — to name a couple of examples in recent history– have created a reign of fear among the populace.
In a startling reversal of an established transparency policy, the Los Angeles Police Department has refused a recent routine records request, citing a 1993 court case, County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court (Kusar).
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