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>If the goal is to prevent police brutality, it seems like it would be more effective to deal with the problem directly - punish police officers who use excessi
by leviathant 6y ago
>If the goal is to prevent police brutality, it seems like it would be more effective to deal with the problem directly - punish police officers who use excessive force.
Regulation without teeth is ineffective.
This is another example of what people mean when they say the system is inherently flawed and needs to be disassembled and rebuilt from the ground up:
https://twitter.com/michaelhayes/status/1270059013854711821 https://twitter.com/michaelhayes/status/1270059013854711821
- mkolodny 6y ago> Regulation without teeth is ineffective. Then create regulation with teeth. Create laws that make it clear what counts as excessive police force. Create a government body whose job is to investigate and prosecute officers charged with excessive force.
- verdverm 6y agoIn the states, many of these laws are on a state by state basis. We could see something at the federal level, and then we have one more law that will be contended by someone. Even if a law where to be written, with more specifics, we still have interpretation in the judicial system which can take many years to become tested and understood enough.