Social change takes a lot of time and a lot of funerals. By continuing to make people aware of abuses these stories provide a critical function to inform peopl

Social change takes a lot of time and a lot of funerals. By continuing to make people aware of abuses these stories provide a critical function to inform people about the problem. Given in this thread we have the usual sneering about movements seeking to "defund the police" and 'crazy dangerous BLM Marxist anarchists' it's clear there's a lot of people who are either acting in bad faith or will never change their views. But by continuing to highlight the terrible abuses by people the state grants a monopoly on violence to (just check the headline news in England) the media can build a new consensus and change minds and build a critical mass to support progressive improvements to the nature of policing. For someone who already supports reasonable and proportionate reforms to policing such news is often more infuriating and disempowering but essential to cut through to the rest. Taking the example of the torture and murder of a random woman by a serving police officer in England, plus the court judgement on the rapist Spycops scandal plus the rate of domestic abuse by serving English officers we will have a lot fewer people claiming the police in England is fine and doesn't have issues after this week. Perhaps then we can improve oversight of policing with broad political support and avoid any more victims.