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Let me get this right: so no police in that city? Seriously?

• jakelazaroff 6y ago
  Yes. Why is this crazy? There’s no natural law that says a society needs a police force as it exists today. Police in the US have only existed since the mid–1800s. In the South, they rose from the ashes of runaway slave patrols; in the North, they were created to quell labor organizing [0]. So the issue is that police as we know it today is intrinsically racist and classist, and we need to entirely reimagine it. [0] https://time.com/4779112/police-history-origins/ https://time.com/4779112/police-history-origins/
  • andi999 6y ago
    This is just a perspective from a foreign country. My worry would be would I trust armed neighbourhood vigilantes more than the regular police. I dont know enough about the US, but do you think that would be better?