How to Reduce Police Violence

[Nevilledog]

https://brianklaas.substack.com/p/how-to-reduce-police-violence

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Like mass shootings, police killings are now a familiar, routine cycle in American news. A man—often a Black man—dies while being detained by the police or in police custody. The department issues a press release that denies wrongdoing, misrepresents the violence, and, sometimes, insinuates that the victim was to blame.

If the officers are white, then the Blue Lives Matter folks in the right-wing ecosystem spring into action, producing a hagiography of the cop while vilifying the victim. Was he on drugs? Did he resist arrest? He wasn’t exactly an angel. What was he doing there, anyway? It was probably his fault.

Then, footage is released which contradicts the police narrative. The criminal justice system gets involved. Sometimes, the officers are held accountable. Other times, they get away with it. Conspiracy theories then emerge on the political right, arguing that the real cause of death has been hidden. It was a drug overdose, not police brutality.

The political left protests, calls for prosecution, denounces racism, and demands greater oversight of cops, including more widespread use of bodycams.

But nothing systemic changes.

Then, a little while later, the cycle resets. We do it all over again. Like clockwork, around 1,100 Americans are killed by police in the United States each year, a per capita rate that’s much higher than other comparable rich democracies.

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[Solly Mack]

1. "Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it." ― Frank Herbert, 1985, from CH Dune.

K&R

[Lettuce Be]

2. Start with no shooting someone in the back

then how about some training on "once you have them in cuffs, and on the ground, they are subdued and you can stop now."

When did beating until death become the way?

[Tickle]

3. Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2022, by race

https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/

This is the link I can't do a copy and paste

For 2022
white 374 301
black 220 in 2021 it was 174
hispanic 114 71
other 21
unknown 332

Don't be fooled by the numbers, the black population is 13%, I think, and to have such a high number should stop everyone and make them think.