[deleted] t1_j6jbfwj wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:08 PM

Reply to comment by TheRealBobHall in Crowds march through downtown Boston to protest police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis by jojenns

It amazes me how the police can operate well in preventing violence to our economic infrastructures and yet police can’t seem to grasp preventative interventions for people-vs-people violence.

Then again, prepping for the most violent situations is how police end up killing people so I guess this is more of the same…

tilehinge t1_j6lk9be wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:27 AM

>police can operate well in preventing violence to our economic infrastructures and yet police can’t seem to grasp preventative interventions for people-vs-people violence.

Because that's their only real function: keep private property safe, directly proportional to how expensive it is. They guard money. Humans, they're apathetic to at best, if not outright antagonistic.

[deleted] t1_j6nqtqk wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:10 PM

Ehhh police guard the law and the law isn't about justice, it's about criminality and "legal rights" which are rules that keep the rich, rich. So yeah! I actually would agree in an intersectional way.