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The US is an extremely flawed democracy. If the US were a functional democracy then maybe popular will would control the police, but it’s not.

• 0xDEAFBEAD 3y ago
  Local police are mostly controlled by local institutions, no? Not sure the quality of US institutions at the national level is all that relevant. Note, I'm not claiming that local police are great. I just think that the situation is probably possible to improve, if we work strategically. BTW, in 2022 the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked US democracy above that of Belgium, Italy, Latvia, Panama, and Singapore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
  • ImPostingOnHN 3y ago
    > Local police are mostly controlled by local institutions, no? No, they are mostly not controlled by anyone except themselves, and aren't accountable to anybody, because they can disobey and/or corruptly coerce and/or retaliate against people, including elected government officials, who try to hold them accountable, with no repercussions.
  • School-Cotton 3y ago
    > Local police are mostly controlled by local institutions, no? Very imperfectly if at all.