Matrix, they resigned saying 'those guys were just following orders'.
If it was just them being suspended for excessive force and the other officers resigning over that? You'd be completely right.
But them pointing at the higher ups and saying those higher ups instructed them to do something, and/or about the amount of force they could use? That puts the higher ups in the hot water as well.
Nothing will come from it given the current administration, but getting the people enabling and/or encouraging criminal behaviour is just as important as the people actually doing the deeds.
If it was just them being suspended for excessive force and the other officers resigning over that? You'd be completely right.
But them pointing at the higher ups and saying those higher ups instructed them to do something, and/or about the amount of force they could use? That puts the higher ups in the hot water as well.
Nothing will come from it given the current administration, but getting the people enabling and/or encouraging criminal behaviour is just as important as the people actually doing the deeds.