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Looks like you're interested in this topic! There's always room to think deeper. Here's some prompts. Why do police act this way? Have they always acted thi

Looks like you're interested in this topic! There's always room to think deeper. Here's some prompts. Why do police act this way? Have they always acted this way or did something change? Are police different from other people, that is do they have an innate propensity to act the way they do, or are they conditioned to act this way by their experiences? What sort of job experiences do police have? Have the experiences of policing changed in recent times, and why? What systemic factors contribute to the problem? What social factors contribute to the problem? Thanks to the miracle of the internet, there are many great resources to see the kind of situations real police must routinely navigate. This youtube channel is one of my favorites: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMYxKMh3prxnM_4kYZuB3g https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMYxKMh3prxnM_4kYZuB3g (NSFW, violent content)

nateabele 8y ago
All excellent questions. Though it has a bit of an anti-capitalist bent, this is the best article I've ever read on the origins of modern law enforcement: https://worxintheory.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/origins-of-the-police/ https://worxintheory.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/origins-of-the... Granted there's room for alternate interpretations, I think history speaks pretty clearly to the fact that the primary function is maintaining control of populations at scale, and that necessarily implies certain things about the outcome of any law enforcement system.
dsfyu404ed 8y ago
>Are police different from other people, that is do they have an innate propensity to act the way they do, or are they conditioned to act this way by their experiences? In discussion on the subject I've had multiple people who do not know each other say things like "everyone I knew who was a bully growing up became a cop" (and that's a near direct quote). The current state of policing where they can use force to get people to do anything they want and get off scot free even if they're in the wrong definitely attracts a certain personality type.

nateabele 8y ago

All excellent questions. Though it has a bit of an anti-capitalist bent, this is the best article I've ever read on the origins of modern law enforcement: https://worxintheory.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/origins-of-the-police/ https://worxintheory.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/origins-of-the... Granted there's room for alternate interpretations, I think history speaks pretty clearly to the fact that the primary function is maintaining control of populations at scale, and that necessarily implies certain things about the outcome of any law enforcement system.

dsfyu404ed 8y ago

>Are police different from other people, that is do they have an innate propensity to act the way they do, or are they conditioned to act this way by their experiences? In discussion on the subject I've had multiple people who do not know each other say things like "everyone I knew who was a bully growing up became a cop" (and that's a near direct quote). The current state of policing where they can use force to get people to do anything they want and get off scot free even if they're in the wrong definitely attracts a certain personality type.