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Why federal level? State level would more than suffice.

• mrguyorama 4y ago
  Because plenty of states would just enshrine the shitty status quo into law? States have freedom to enact police accountability right now and just don't. The only way to make it happen will be federal supremacy on the issue. Federal standards on government application of violence should not be contentious. I should be able to cross state lines and not deal with terrible police departments just because an independent state decided to not fix this issue.
  • concordDance 4y ago
    Then the question is why is state government doing the "wrong" thing? Is it undemocratic? Or do people in different locations want different things? Why have states at all rather than one federal government that decides all laws?
    • mrguyorama 4y ago
      Some things are reasonable for different states to do differently, but having a minimum bar for police training should not be one of those things. Lot's of things should have minimum bars set federally that states are free to improve upon. Why should policing be so different across different states? Are humans innately different once you cross a state line? Why should justice work differently across state lines?
      • dragonwriter 4y ago
        > Some things are reasonable for different states to do differently, but having a minimum bar for police training should not be one of those things I disagree. Since having radically different roles and powers for police, rasically different organizational structures for poloce, or not even having anything that exactly fits the typical concept of “police" are also within the acceptable variation, and all of those factor in to minimim quals, minimum quals for police absolutely are legitimate.