Timely and perceptive article. Since I first heard it as a slogan, I felt like white progressives were mostly likely the people pushing it. And it's very reactionary. Because the real demand should be more capable police who know the communities they work in and who don't go around harassing and shooting people in those communities. T…
Timely and perceptive article. Since I first heard it as a slogan, I felt like white progressives were mostly likely the people pushing it. And it's very reactionary. Because the real demand should be more capable police who know the communities they work in and who don't go around harassing and shooting people in those communities. The worst type of racism are politicians who accept gun fights, gang wars and murder in the communities that are most plagued by them. Malign neglect, top-down.
How do you define capable? How do they get capable? Who funds that?
Are you arguing that police should only be assigned to neighborhoods where they live? If so, how do you reconcile that with the overwhelming call for more police, given that neighborhoods won't be able to uniformly supply them?
Do you not want police to harass and potentially shoot criminals? Say -- mass shooters? Armed burglars? Where is the line drawn, and who has the authority to draw it?
If the people don't like those types of politicians, how do they keep getting elected?
Timely and perceptive article. Since I first heard it as a slogan, I felt like white progressives were mostly likely the people pushing it. And it's very reactionary. Because the real demand should be more capable police who know the communities they work in and who don't go around harassing and shooting people in those communities. The worst type of racism are politicians who accept gun fights, gang wars and murder in the communities that are most plagued by them. Malign neglect, top-down.
How do you define capable? How do they get capable? Who funds that?
Are you arguing that police should only be assigned to neighborhoods where they live? If so, how do you reconcile that with the overwhelming call for more police, given that neighborhoods won't be able to uniformly supply them?
Do you not want police to harass and potentially shoot criminals? Say -- mass shooters? Armed burglars? Where is the line drawn, and who has the authority to draw it?
If the people don't like those types of politicians, how do they keep getting elected?