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Police should be self-insured, backed by their pension fund. They have no skin in the game for accountability of their abuses, and the taxpayers end up paying f
by pstuart 1y ago
Police should be self-insured, backed by their pension fund. They have no skin in the game for accountability of their abuses, and the taxpayers end up paying for it.
"According to the data, 65 out of the nation's 300 largest cities spend 40 percent or more of their general budgets on policing."
https://www.statista.com/chart/10593/how-much-do-us-cities-spend-on-policing/
- FireBeyond 1y agoOver the last decade, NYC has paid out an average of one million dollars per week in settlements for abuse of force by NYPD.
- pstuart 1y agoAnd we collectively pretend like there's nothing wrong with that. Like so many other subjects, we have Left and Right pitted against each other to allow this to be the status quo. It would be technically "simple" to reform the police but it will never be easy because people aren't willing to have the challenging conversations of what's wrong and what needs to change.
- mritterhoff 1y agoAmazing policy idea, I love it.