"Free pass?" Whoa. Who was given a free pass...and what where they given a free pass for?
Initially, Mohammed Noor was given a free pass for shooting Justine Damond. Same department.
The most famous incident off the top of my head, the LAPD officers who almost killed two innocent ladies delivering newspapers when they were looking for Christopher Dorner. Over 100 rounds fired at a truck... that was the wrong brand, wrong color, wrong number of occupants, wrong gender occupants - nope, just open fire and blaze away. No charges, no disciplinary actions, nothing.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/no-charges-8-lapd-shot-innocents-manhunt-article-1.2511683