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Ending cash bail policies wouldn't directly address police violence, but it could reduce the incarceration rate. There are many people in jail waiting trial fo
by elihu 6y ago
Ending cash bail policies wouldn't directly address police violence, but it could reduce the incarceration rate. There are many people in jail waiting trial for crimes they did not commit, simply because they could not afford bail and would not take a plea deal.
Ending the use of private prisons and restricting police use of military equipment and weapons are also frequently suggested proposals.
In terms of police violence, I think the main thing lacking right now is accountability. There are a lot of ways to impose that. One avenue is to impose accountability from a higher level of government (for instance: the FBI getting involved if local government doesn't act), and the other traditional approach is accountability from voters.
- mchusma 6y agoThanks! Ending cash bail is a good one. I'm not so well versed on private prisons, but I think I'm general the scale of incarceration is a larger issue than the quality of it. Still a good suggestion for discussion. We have 10x more incarcerated per capital than germany. If the police think 1 in 100 (rounding a bit) belong in jail, it leads to a very different quality of interaction if it is 1 in 1,000. Definitely agree on the issues with accountability.
- mchusma 6y agoI think another simple one is simply that police officers cannot be formally afforded any due process differences than other citizens of their jurisdiction.
- elihu 6y agoI just stumbled across this today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_Zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_Zero https://www.joincampaignzero.org/s/CampaignZero-Policing.pdf https://www.joincampaignzero.org/s/CampaignZero-Policing.pdf They seem like sensible policy positions for reducing violence and misconduct by police.