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is it literally not the job of the police to stop events like this? of course their safety needs to be considered to a degree, but any perceived threat isn't a
by ausbah 6y ago
is it literally not the job of the police to stop events like this? of course their safety needs to be considered to a degree, but any perceived threat isn't a reason for them to just act as a glorified clean up crew
- roenxi 6y agoPolice are here to deal with a few deviants here and there who act up. They aren't really meant to be a tool to break up mass political action.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoSure, in an ideal world. But every big city police department is at decently trained and equipped for dealing with riots at our expense. So if we're gonna pay for that stupidity we may as well get the benefit of it.
- tacocataco 6y ago"...the police do not owe a specific duty to provide police services to citizens..." (1) (1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columb...
- kwhitefoot 6y agoDoesn't apply in the circumstances of this event since it happened in London, England.
- UI_at_80x24 6y agoPolicing in North America as we know it today arose in the south from Overseer's and slavery. [0][1] Their job has always been to protect the rich, keep minorities and the lower classes oppressed. [0] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/the-invention-of-the-police https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/the-invention-... [1] https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-and-origins-american-policing https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-a...
- dimitrios1 6y agoGive me a break. Enough with this 1619 style revisionist history that views the history of the world through the lens of black people being slaves. It doesn't even pass the sniff test. It's way too lazy to assume that everything has such a simple answer.
- bluntfang 6y agoI definitely agree that nothing has such a simple answer, but isn't it a little dishonest to ignore the fact that the US was built on the back of slave labor?
- dimitrios1 6y agoThere was a period of US history where a particular region of the country was primarily (although certainly not singularly, and certainly not to the extent 1619 chaplains would have you believe) resourced through slave labor, specifically plantation style slavery which indeed was formed in this region, yes, but that is much more nuanced discussion and tosses out this whole grandiose vision of America being a big power struggle between white men cracking whips at black people. Btw not sure who is flagging you for asking an honest question. This is how people learn and refine their thinking.
- bluntfang 6y agoYes, and that period has had a lasting impact on the black community for 200 years.