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Is reporting on the police chief’s sexual misconduct “hard speech”? Who (other than the police) actually thinks such reporting is bad? The issue is not speech
by jakelazaroff 3y ago
Is reporting on the police chief’s sexual misconduct “hard speech”? Who (other than the police) actually thinks such reporting is bad?
The issue is not speech — the raid was illegal! — but rather that we have a cultural reverence for the police. We’ve insulated them from accountability so much that they can basically do shit like this with impunity.
Who watches the watchmen? Mostly nobody. And a lot of us seem to like it that way.
- serf 3y ago>Who (other than the police) actually thinks such reporting is bad? there is a growing number of people who espouse the belief that grievances towards the police/government/military are by their very nature anti-patriotic, and there is a pretty real history of coercion towards 'under-reporting' on certain stories in the media; it's not real surprise to me that this exists on the lower scales of local municipality/etc, as well. 'chilling' is a very real concept, and it seems to snowball.
- tb_technical 3y agoI view the opposite phenomenon occuring. The people you expect to be jingoists waking up to the idea that the cops aren't your friends...
- gingerrr 3y agoIt's going both directions - that's how polarization works, and this is an increasingly polarizing topic.
- sshine 3y ago> We’ve insulated them from accountability so much that they can basically do shit like this with impunity. Other countries protect cops more than regular citizens yet don't experience the same level of police raids and death by cop. I think the problem is rather that sheriff's departments in the US are run like small businesses; fining people, raiding and confiscating. Preemptive brutality is a sign that these people are not first and foremost protectors, but have to meet a quota. Mercenaries.