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So having seen many ground up rewrites of code I have to ask how do we make sure that when we redo the police we avoid the problems we got this time around?
by hpoe 6y ago
So having seen many ground up rewrites of code I have to ask how do we make sure that when we redo the police we avoid the problems we got this time around?
- the-dude 6y agoTry Rust?
- jeffbee 6y agoPolice toxicity is a path-dependent phenomenon. We got here by decades of incrementalism, where politicians, many of whom were, at the time, avowed racists, agreed to various aspects of civilian-police relations. Simply starting over today with current civilian leadership to draft a new doctrine guarantees a dramatically different outcome.
- seunosewa 6y ago> Simply starting over today with current civilian leadership to draft a new doctrine guarantees a dramatically different outcome. The current leadership (Trump) is very racist and authoritarian, so I'm not sure that your confidence fits the current time;
- trianglem 6y agoYes but the federal government has only so much influence in local level decisions so it will still pan out to be a massive net positive.