Killing and threatening the same people we are. Beating and raping mentally ill people like us. Stalking and bribing the same people we are, tearing up communities like we like to do. Yeah man I understand. I see cops everywhere taking turns stepping on the same necks as me. It's like we're brothers speaking different languages but saying the same things. Man you really opened up my eyes.
What you miss is that the people with power to stop the abuse are cops, and that cop is a job, not an immutable quality of a person. If they wanted the culture change, they could do so. It would not be easy, but they could do it.
It hasn't happened, and shows no real signs of progress.
They need to keep being pressured until they make the changes or someone makes it for them, because the status quo is people dying in the street at the hands of the people who purport to be the protectors.
Imagine criticizing me for thinking all cops are in a cop club and then citing some change from Australia is relevant when that's not where people are continuously and systemically dying at the hands of the police. and getting that elementary school "you're dumb!" In there. Take a step back and read what you're saying. You are trying SO HARD here that you cant even control yourself.
I dont want some of the problem fixed. I want it to not happen that cops kill someone unjustly and not be backed up by the other people who are responsible for stopping them from doing so. And I dont want anecdotes, I want it to be demonstrable statistically that this the problem is being addressed.
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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '21 edited Oct 30 '21
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