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>It's harder to get a gun as a citizen anywhere in the US than it is to become a cop. I'm normally the last one to be licking boots when it comes to discussion
by idiotsecant 3y ago
>It's harder to get a gun as a citizen anywhere in the US than it is to become a cop.
I'm normally the last one to be licking boots when it comes to discussions of the role of law enforcement in our society. With that said, this is hyperbole and obviously falsifiable. There are lots of places in the US where it is very easy to get a gun and at least somewhat difficult to become a cop.
- sangnoir 3y agoHow about: It's harder to kill anyone (and get away with it) as a citizen anywhere in the US than it is as a cop Some cops have bloodlust and/or are in cop-gangs that have initiation-rituals that demand commiting murder before you can join.
- idiotsecant 3y agoProbably more true, although I had to parse this sentence several times to understand what you were trying to say. We put a lot of trust in cops. It's probably unavoidable that some of them will turn out to be terrible people. I am in favor of trying to keep that ratio as low as possible but I don't have any particularly good solutions on how to do that. Do you?
- sangnoir 3y agoI have a couple of suggestions I've heard from others I think are decent. 1. Grand-jury-style civilian oversight of cop malpractice. 2. Make sure bad cops can't get reemployed as cops in the city 15 miles away. 3. Require cops get malpractice insurance as a condition of employment. Instead of paying out of the city's treasury, insurance will payout if the cop gets sued successfully