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> The police can't just tell people what to do. That’s like the whole point of the police.
by read_if_gay_ 6y ago
> The police can't just tell people what to do.
That’s like the whole point of the police.
- adjkant 6y agoIt's called abuse of power. Police should be enforcing laws, not their own will. Police 100% cannot tell people to do anything. The issue is the law is not good at defining these things, leading to this exact issue of mass scale police brutality. If you think the police have that much latitude in their power, you're missing the entire point of the protests.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoNo it is not. The police are there to uphold the law, not dictate what people do. If someone's protesting they are exercising their rights and the police has no right to intervene. If someone is looting however, sure, then they can step in - with appropriate force, which in most cases does not involve shooting them in the face.
- read_if_gay_ 6y agoYes. Upholding the law necessarily involves telling people what to do. They cannot arbitrarily tell people what to do, but that’s not what I was arguing.