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It’s not blame. It’s just another step of the process. We have a long history of empowering and protecting police - both culturally and legally. There are limi
by germinalphrase 6y ago
It’s not blame. It’s just another step of the process.
We have a long history of empowering and protecting police - both culturally and legally. There are limits to what that process youdescribed will allow. The police department/union will never enact certain reforms or give up certain powers willingly, so they won’t make it into the contract. The state government leadership will investigate/demand reforms/potentially file civil rights violations against the police department - but if the department is obstinate in the face of those changes - the federal government has stronger incentives to enact reforms that the community, the governor, and the legislature want.
- pnw_hazor 6y agoI don't get it, if the police are an existential problem, fire them all and do a reset. Who is protecting them?
- ivalm 6y agoYou can’t literally fire all the police in a city, without at least significant state support. You do need someone to respond to emergencies/keep peace.
- germinalphrase 6y agoDo you not believe that the federal government has a role to play in helping solve significant state level issues? I mean - I’m pro-cop. I have police officers in my family, and I wish the solutions were as straightforward as you seem to believe everything they are; however, the fact that we have the same reoccurring concerns - year after year, decade after decade - strongly suggests that this is not easy or straightforward.
- pnw_hazor 6y agoCertainly, federal intervention made a lot of sense during the Jim crow/segregation/civil rights era where state and local governments deliberately defied federal law. Here, this is not happening. The local governments that harbor bad police want police reform. I believe they have plenty of power to do that.
- germinalphrase 6y agoWell - I hope you’re right.