"But we need to break these things up and start over from their current forms."
Short of a revolution, which historic examples can you give for this to work?
In order for this to work, all old-boy networks would need to be broken up.
I think even reassigning all police(wo)men in a city to other stations wouldn't break up the networks due to social media. And, usually, the (problematic) teamleaders would need to be...
Hm, maybe a double teamlead, always "integrated" with at least one of them BIPoC/Hispanic and possibly man + woman etc., switching "comand" every week or so could be an idea...
The thing is, and I think the dystopian novel, #LordOfTheFlies by #NobelLaureat#WilliamGolding exemplifies this better than anything, is that the veil of civilized society is so razor-thin, it wouldn't survive more than a vouple of days w/o a "policing" force, protecting the weaker citizens from bullies and looting, etc.
What I'm saying is, it would need to be a virtually instantaneous swap....
...And it would generate a huge pool of disgruntled policemen, possibly a new source of societal instability.
However, crime could be greatly reduced by simply removing the need for a huge part of the population: introducing #UBI and #UBS. People who have "everything" they (basically) need are very much less prone to commit crimes, as losing their freedom becomes a much greater fall in personal quality of life. Less...
...crime, less police 🚔, less power, less controls, less unnecessary searches, less costs for law enforcement and the judiciary, more money for #UBS,...a virtuous circle.
Just to be dure: tons of studies on #UBI in different countries over decades have all shown that it works. It just would need to be implemented...and refinanced (#WealthTax, #WindfallProfitsTax!)
Damn it's such a lucky coincidence that the one time something like this has ever happened that it was accidentally caught on a body cam that was mistakenly turned on.
Part 4 of the Fascism Watch catch-up edition is on policing, why I do not believe policing as we know it in the United States can be reformed. I explain why I think it should be torn down, as many functions handed off to other non-police agencies as possible, and then rebuilt from the ground up.
Big Joel, youtube essayist, summarizes a 3rd party report on the #Minneapolis Police Department regarding the ridiculous extent of their unlawful use of force: https://youtu.be/Y6DGABIcB3w
A frankly shocking video (if you know nothing about cops, which is a lot of ppl of privilege) that poses the question: how are these people not just a street gang?
NYPD officer used an illegal chokehold on a black man in Far Rockaway, NY - and only stopped because another cop realized they were being filmed.this is after the law was passed!! Spread this please!!
Cops commit crimes because they know they can likely get away with it. We seriously need to end qualified immunity.
We also need to implement a nationwide database so when scumbag thugs like this get fired for doing shit like this, they cant just go to the next county over or move to a new state and get hired as a cop again.
There is an anger building due to the #rightwing take over of the #courts & make no mistake it’s more than #scotus look up the blue card rule. Also due to failed #policereform & ongoing murder & abuse by #cops as well as upcoming #economic pressure from people being kicked off #medicaid lingering effects of #covid#studentloans coming due etc
We are in for trouble not t mention #gop locked state legislatures & draconian #abortion laws
Meanwhile, elsewhere on social media: we wanted people to know the backstory on that Woburn, MA police officer who was suspended, let go, and then decertified by the state's Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST) Commission.
Facebook blocked this story for being "against community standards."
We think you should be able to see the facts for yourself.