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bloodyvisions t1_iwzmqdr wrote

As much as I ultimately want to abolish police, the unfortunate truth is you can’t just take away police without also dismantling the power structures that necessitate the need for police. We need to build up before we can tear it down if we don’t want a whole lot of bloodshed.

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CookieMasochist OP t1_iwznehz wrote

I just want to see meaningful oversight, reform, accountability, and improved standards and training. I'd honestly be happy at that point if they expanded the police force, but until then I'll continue saying "oink oink" anytime I drive past the boys in blue.

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BigCannedTuna t1_ix11frn wrote

Ignore the downvotes. It's really easy to say we need to build before dismantling but when police departments take up 25-50% of town budgets there's no room to build up anything else without freeing those taxpayer funds

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bloodyvisions t1_ix2fqgy wrote

I just don’t see how that can ever be possible with an institution that exists to protect the rich from the poor. So long as we have power inequality like that, the police system can only move in the direction of more corrupt until something is done to correct the root of cause of the social imbalance.

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