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While this doesn't invalidate your point entirely, I have never met a person who want the police run as if they fear being replaced by a different agency. Ever
by jimktrains2 7y ago
While this doesn't invalidate your point entirely, I have never met a person who want the police run as if they fear being replaced by a different agency.
Everyone I have ever meant who want police reform, at their core, want accountability and a lesser reliance of lethal weapons as a primary tool.
There are other topics depending on where you come from, e.g. racial diversity, but I've yet to meet someone who wants the police to act like a private force.
- billfruit 7y agoYes, but a thought is that if police were private they would have liability for their actions which perhaps is stronger than accountability in someways.
- notabee 7y agoLet's take a little trip down memory lane about what deadly force in the hands of private corporations looks like: https://timeline.com/rockefellers-hired-militias-to-shoot-at-strikers-in-ludlow-massacre-115ae488164c https://timeline.com/rockefellers-hired-militias-to-shoot-at...
- chungus_khan 7y agoIf that were really the case I would imagine PMCs like Blackwater would face a lot more consequences for war crimes than they actually have.
- billfruit 7y agoMay be if they commit such crimes where the rule of law is in effect, they might face civil action.
- Proziam 7y agoThey change names every chance they get it seems. I recalled that they went to Xe, but that's not accurate any more either. It's incredibly twisted how easy it is for them to get away with literal murder, but if the wrong person aggravates the wrong cop it can ruin your life.