Wanted to talk about this because two recent occurrences are the perfect examples.
1.The black army officer who got pulled over and pepper sprayed. This smug ass clown did countless things wrong, intentionally and repeatedly and the police handled it almost perfectly despite how he was behaving. In watching the full video you can see the officers gradually de-escalate force from gun to taser to pepper spray, all while he continues to argue and resist.
Last I checked one of the officers was already fired and the smug "victim" had an appointment with the governor to talk police reform.
2.Recent shooting everyone's talking about. Still waiting on details but in this case looks like the female officer accidentally shot the poor innocent resisting arrest good boy.
So basically:
-Constant, vicious propaganda war against police.
-Even when police do everything right they can still get their lives ruined if the criminal is black.
-Brianwash blacks into thinking cops are "hunting them in the streets".
-Now both blacks and cops are on edge from the start.
-Cops having to decide between self defense now or getting publicly crucified later if criminal is black.
-Cops who see this move away from black areas or retire; why would any even slightly intelligent cop ever risk policing around black populations?
-Leftover diversity hire accidentally shoots dindu-nuffin when she meant to taser.
-Cycle continues to get worse and worse.
Just needed to vent about this really. Manufactured and tiresome. What do you guys think?
I'm not a fan of the police in general, but sheriffs are okay for the most part. In many (I won't say most because I haven't done the research) states sheriffs only answer to the people and generally cannot be impeached or removed by a government body. So if the government decides to lockdown they can just say fuck that and not enforce it and nothing can be done about it. It's really the most American type of law enforcement.
I'm not for police abolishment, but more of a lessening/removal of the city, state, and federal police and a growth of the sheriffs departments. The police should answer to the people directly. Make some bullshit law? Ok, the police won't enforce it. Get past that, nullify it in the jury box. We still have rules that protect us but they aren't used most of the time.
Which makes sense, if the police become horrendous then the people can voice that action through the sheriff’s election, once police become part of the city is always where I see the issues.
It doesn't make any sense for police to serve at the pleasure of a legislative body. Since most city police report to the city council they are exactly that. It defies a check/balance.
It keeps happening.