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CoolAbdul t1_j6f78h1 wrote

Reply to comment by imperfections169 in Justice for Tyre Nichols Worcester, Massachusetts at Kelly Square at 4:00 PM Tomorrow by New_Analyst3510

Sorry, what?

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your_city_councilor t1_j6g2h1s wrote

The cops are being tried for second degree murder, just like anyone else who commits a murder. The outcome on that is in the jury's hands. The unit those cops were part of has been disbanded. What are you actually hoping for?

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New_Analyst3510 OP t1_j6g9rjx wrote

Conviction

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your_city_councilor t1_j6gwuja wrote

...and the demonstration makes that more likely how...?

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CoolAbdul t1_j6hhacb wrote

Because the problem is systemic therefore the jury pool's views will likely be skewed to a certain extent.

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your_city_councilor t1_j6ir6r6 wrote

2020 happened. People's attitudes were changed by that, much more than some demonstration in Worcester, MA. And it's not like police weren't convicted of murder before that, or even before we had smartphones to record evidence.

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CoolAbdul t1_j6j6ql8 wrote

And following the policy has changed nothing, which means wider change is needed.

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your_city_councilor t1_j6j90bd wrote

...but a demonstration isn't going to change policy in a different state.

And policies are far better now than they were when most of those convictions happened.

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CoolAbdul t1_j6jdkrg wrote

>...but a demonstration isn't going to change policy in a different state.

Civil rights marches happened in every state. Eventually the blanket of pressure changed things in the deep south.

>And policies are far better now

But demonstrably not where they need to be.

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Rob__T t1_j6goq0m wrote

In the long term? Drastically reducing the responsibilities of police officers, abolishing the police unions, making them wear body cams where the footage is publicly available with a presumption of guilt if they are not being used properly, an end to qualified immunity, screening of racial bias, and demilitarization of the police.

In the short term? Making it so that every time the police hurt someone, everyone feels the shock and disruptions from it. This has been going on since the inception of the police and it's time for it to stop, and that means being more vocal and louder each time it happens.

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imperfections169 t1_j6gpbec wrote

You should consider joining the police force and showing them what a model officer looks like.

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New_Analyst3510 OP t1_j6j43fp wrote

I probably will be, one of the uncle's of someone who was murdered by police did just that

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Rob__T t1_j6gprit wrote

That's a ridiculous response.

The problem is systemic,it needs to be resolved by entirely overhauling the systems in place.

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