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In response to persistent injustice by police, there are really only a few options: (a) Get used to it. (b) Get ready to join up. More officers who care about
by jeffdavis 6y ago
In response to persistent injustice by police, there are really only a few options:
(a) Get used to it.
(b) Get ready to join up. More officers who care about justice mean that it's easier to get rid of the unjust officers.
(c) Get ready to defund/disband, or at least reduce the scope of, the police department.
It doesn't shock me that (c) is being mentioned. It's probably a bluff, but might have enough credibility to change the power dynamics.
- dylan604 6y agoB) It is easier to pull someone down than it is to pull someone up
- rrmm 6y agoThe current way that police are chosen, trained, and managed seems to have a corrosive effect on members of the police force. Option (b) with a sprinkling of (c) seems best, but it's clear the status quo in depts is not resulting in policing that is positive for the community as a whole. One would expect that if the system were set up right, it should a) find people who would police well b) setup systems to ensure as few abuses as possible happen c) encourage the good cops to push out the bad cops. It's pretty clear that it's more than the people themselves that are broken. The system isn't set up to result in good policing.