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This sort of stuff to me reads as a side effect of some of the de-policing movement. Vigilantism and privatized enforcement creeps in around the edges. Not gr
by steveBK123 2y ago
This sort of stuff to me reads as a side effect of some of the de-policing movement. Vigilantism and privatized enforcement creeps in around the edges. Not great.
Of course if shoplifting isn't being prosecuted either, then what purpose is the video? Probably next step at some of these places is AI facial recognition and bouncers at the door to block entry to "undesirables"..
- stvltvs 2y agoPolice budgets continue to rise despite movements calling for reductions. This wouldn't be an effect of police abolition that hasn't actually happened.
- steveBK123 2y agode-policing does not neccessarily mean abolition or even cutting the budget. It can mean, as we've seen, to effectively stop enforcing certain laws either because they were ordered to, because the DA stops prosecuting those they arrest, or as a quiet quitting type response by police to having their feelings hurt. Pick your cause, but clearly it has happened for non-violent offenses in a lot of cities. Some will argue its not happened, others will happen its good that it's happened, and still others will argue it should happen even further...