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Bad policing or bad police is a consequence of bad governance. Bad local policing is the consequence of bad local governance. It seems that the urban cores wi

Bad policing or bad police is a consequence of bad governance. Bad local policing is the consequence of bad local governance. It seems that the urban cores with the most problems are under complete control by a combination of democratic politicians or democratic socialists. In many cases, they control the county and state of the cities with the most problems. Why won't democratic constituencies hold their own politicians accountable? edit-to-add: I expected the insta-downvotes, but why is no one addressing the issue? It would take one local election cycle in most urban cores to start fixing the police. Or, at least one police contract negotiation, assuming progressives already control the local government (e.g., Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and many more). Why is the blame directed toward those who have little if any influence in the governance of local police in urban cores?

IvyMike 6y ago
> It seems that the urban cores with the most problems are under complete control by a combination of democratic politicians or democratic socialists. In many cases, they control the county and state of the cities with the most problems. There are not a ton of big cities that lean conservative, so of course any problem occur in cities, they will occur in liberal cities--that is just the distribution of city politics. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/08/08/chart-of-the-week-the-most-liberal-and-conservative-big-cities/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/08/08/chart-of-th... With that in mind, I don't see any evidence that the conservative big cities are immune to problems with police brutality. I mean, type "Mesa AZ police brutality", or "Oklahoma City police brutality", etc, and it seems like the problem is endemic in all cities.
Floegipoky 6y ago
> Why won't democratic constituencies hold their own politicians accountable? > Why is the blame directed toward those who have little if any influence in the governance of local police in urban cores? This is an election year, and instead of voting out crooked politicians people are rioting. Either these people are too stupid or incompetent to figure out how to vote, or this theoretical model of government accountability to The People through voting does not hold in practice.
anigbrowl 6y ago
I expected the insta-downvotes, but why is no one addressing the issue? Because nobody is obliged to take your bait.
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IvyMike 6y ago

> It seems that the urban cores with the most problems are under complete control by a combination of democratic politicians or democratic socialists. In many cases, they control the county and state of the cities with the most problems. There are not a ton of big cities that lean conservative, so of course any problem occur in cities, they will occur in liberal cities--that is just the distribution of city politics. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/08/08/chart-of-the-week-the-most-liberal-and-conservative-big-cities/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/08/08/chart-of-th... With that in mind, I don't see any evidence that the conservative big cities are immune to problems with police brutality. I mean, type "Mesa AZ police brutality", or "Oklahoma City police brutality", etc, and it seems like the problem is endemic in all cities.

Floegipoky 6y ago

> Why won't democratic constituencies hold their own politicians accountable? > Why is the blame directed toward those who have little if any influence in the governance of local police in urban cores? This is an election year, and instead of voting out crooked politicians people are rioting. Either these people are too stupid or incompetent to figure out how to vote, or this theoretical model of government accountability to The People through voting does not hold in practice.

anigbrowl 6y ago

I expected the insta-downvotes, but why is no one addressing the issue? Because nobody is obliged to take your bait.

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