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Now is the time for us to start doing the hard work to make police accountability happen. Getting public records data accessible is a way to make good progress
by kristintynski 6y ago
Now is the time for us to start doing the hard work to make police accountability happen. Getting public records data accessible is a way to make good progress toward this.
450+ of us are working on a new project called the Police Data Accessibility project, aimed at making local court record data (which contains cop/department level data) accessible outside of clunky county court records websites. More info here: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/gr11aw/i_think_i_accidentally_started_a_movement/ https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/gr11aw/i_think_i_a...
- Simulacra 6y agoStep one: Demilitarize the police.
- voisin 6y agoThen who will the military sell its barely used equipment to in order to justify buying new and keeping the military-industrial complex going?
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoOr just train them like the military because the military has some actual discipline and internal accountability.
- duckMuppet 6y agoThey already do train them like the military. In fact, since Obama, they've also been arming them as the military as well, not only with M4's and Barrett 50's, also with up armor MRAPS and hummers. That's not including other tactical wartime gear such as stingrays etc. Train The cops as soldiers, don't be surprised when cops act as soldiers. I realize that as we've been millennialing our military into occupying and policing, but make no mistake that's not what they're for. And it's the same issue with cops.
- Simulacra 6y agoThat's the whole problem! Police are to serve and protect the community. Instead they've become a paramilitary force in major cities where their job is now to serve, and protect the government and its institutions.
- rasz 6y agoAre you going to cut their knees too? Because thats what started latest Minneapolis riots.