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blue wall - the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers; "the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up"

blue wall of silence, wall of silence

cover-up - concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public

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blue wall of silence cover-up duck-egg blue wall of silence			As criminologist Jerome Skolnick summarised in his 2002 work Corruption and the Blue Code of Silence, "cops are not trusted to investigate and reach decisions about the alleged misconduct of other cops, even when they are perfectly capable of doing so, and even when they make the right decision. Racism and reform: the treatment of immigrants and minorities in law ... by Aiano, Zoe / The New Presence: The Prague Journal of Central European Affairs Fellow officers averting their eyes from patterns of misconduct under a blue code of silence may have also invited the systematic abuse that took place right here in sleepy Bluejean, Oregon. Chicago offers lessons on complaints against police by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)			blue ash blue baby blue bag Blue Bark blue beret blue billy Blue black blue blood blue blooded Blue bonnet blue book blue box blue buck blue bugle blue bull blue cardinal flower blue cat blue catfish blue cattle dog blue channel cat blue channel catfish blue cheese blue cheese dressing blue chip blue cod Blue Code of Silence blue cohosh blue columbine blue commander blue copperas blue crab blue curls blue daisy blue darter blue devil blue devils blue duck blue elder blue elderberry Blue Ensign blue false indigo blue fig Blue fire blue flag blue fleabane blue flu blue forces blue fox blue funk Blue gage blue goose			Blue Cheer blue cheese blue cheese blue cheese dressing Blue cheeses blue chip blue chip blue chip blue chip Blue chip (stock market) Blue chip (stock market) Blue Chip Companies Blue Chip Company Blue Chip Company Blue Chip Enterprise Award Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative Blue Chip Financial Solutions Blue Chip Index Blue Chip Indexes Blue Chip Indices Blue chip stock Blue chip stock Blue chip stock Blue chip stocks Blue Chip Venture Company Blue Chips Blue Cloud Wind Walkers Blue Coat Certified Proxy Professional Blue Coat Systems, Inc. Blue cod Blue Code of Silence blue cohosh blue cohosh blue cohosh blue cohoshes blue cohoshes blue cohoshes Blue Collar Blue Collar Blue Collar Blue Collar Comedy Tour Blue Collar Investment Advisors Blue Collar Republican Blue Collar Review Blue Collar Television Blue Collar Worker Blue Collar Wrestling Alliance Blue Color-Blindness blue columbine blue comb blue comb disease Blue Comet Motorcycle Club blue commander Blue Compact Dwarf Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies Blue Cone Monochromancy Blue cone monochromatism Blue cone monochromatism Blue Cone Pigment blue copper ore blue copperas

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blue wall (redirected from Blue Code of Silence)

blue wall
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