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Voltaire2

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2. One would think it was obvious what the function of metropolitan police departments

Reply to markpkessinger (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2020, 03:48 PM

Jun 2020

is and always has been.

But it still isn't obvious to many people. Even after watching a month of police riots suppressing people's right to free speech and assembly, even after one horrendous murder-cop video after another, a lot of people think the function of the police is to 'protect and serve' them, when of course as you note it is to protect and serve the wealthy elites who have run this country since its founding.

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No, I do not think we need to "reform" the police . . . [View all] markpkessinger Jun 2020 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jun 2020 #1

One would think it was obvious what the function of metropolitan police departments Voltaire2 Jun 2020 #2

I have been reading "The End of Policing," by Alex Vitale markpkessinger Jun 2020 #4

K&R. Abolish the police. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #3

CHOP nailed it, right? brooklynite Jun 2020 #6

Nice to see some variety in dismissive bad-faith questions. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #9

+1 n/t markpkessinger Jun 2020 #11

And...? brooklynite Jun 2020 #5

If we are protecting capitalism at the expense of the civil rights of Americans . . . markpkessinger Jun 2020 #7

Reality sucks... brooklynite Jun 2020 #8

I'm sure glad . . . markpkessinger Jun 2020 #10

Which of those movements resulted in radical restructuring rather than reform? brooklynite Jun 2020 #14

Police are not some inherent institution markpkessinger Jun 2020 #16

All I can say is, God help this country when we allow . . . markpkessinger Jun 2020 #12

So your argument is we can get nothing quakerboy Jul 2020 #23

Still waiting for a strategy you can actually implement... brooklynite Jul 2020 #24

According to you there is no strategy that can achieve anything quakerboy Jul 2020 #25

I guess you feel the same way about Joe Biden? brooklynite Jul 2020 #26

Hes flat wrong on this issue quakerboy Jul 2020 #27

Whenever I see "to protect and serve" I wonder, to protect and serve WHAT? Towlie Jun 2020 #13

I've been saying something similar: that there are a few jobs out there, where wanting the job rwsanders Jun 2020 #17

Well, Cuomo has given ny a mandate to reinvent their PDs soothsayer Jun 2020 #15

Which is the point those who use the term "defund" are trying to make. soldierant Jun 2020 #18

Precisely the reason "defund the police" is slogan that will do more harm than good. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #19

News flash! Straw Man Jun 2020 #20

The history of policing does play a role in the behavior of today's police. Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #21

The basic philosophy of policing needs to be changed... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #22