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Body cams were always a band-aid solution on top of over-arming police and granting them almost total immunity from charges of misconduct. The resulting mentali
by lsy 3y ago
Body cams were always a band-aid solution on top of over-arming police and granting them almost total immunity from charges of misconduct. The resulting mentality of us-vs-them and mafioso, bullying behavior from police is all down to feeling a cut above “civilians” and being confident in their power to legally murder anyone who’s too resistant.
This behavior also discourages any thoughtful people with integrity from applying, and beats it out of them quickly when they do. The streets would be a lot safer with more citizens performing a genuine public safety role with fewer weapons and chips on their shoulders, but the police lobby essentially holds cities hostage by monopolizing the public safety role and strategically withdrawing from that role in protest whenever an insufficiently deferential policy is passed.
- Aachen 3y ago> being confident in their power to legally murder anyone who’s too resistant. * in a few select countries around the world. This is a rather narrow view of police(wo)men as a blanket statement.
- bjornsing 3y agoIs it? I think Sweden is probably recognized as one of the most civilized countries in world in this regard, but here too the police can murder anyone who’s too resistant and very likely get away with it. I know of several cases that ended up in bizarre acquittals, and none that ended in a conviction. They are sometimes sentenced in the court of public opinion though, as with Osmo Vallo [1]. 1. https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmo_Vallo https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmo_Vallo