True, but most priests and teachers don't wear guns and other weapons so they aren't in a position to immediately cause you physical harm or death. The police have the legal right to get physical with anyone at their discretion, not so with most occupations...Men who want to abuse will find careers where they can abuse. Could be a cop, a priest, grade school teacher.
Doesn't change come from the taxpaying citizens demanding more of our gov't? We are pointing fingers at the abuse and murder that many officers are inflicting on the very people they are supposed to serve and protect. No one is stating that this is all police. But it is FAR too many. Few are advocating the killing or abusing of police, but indignation and 'fuck yous' are a pretty gentle reaction to the murder of unarmed civilians. I believe that demonstrating our outrage, even seemingly vulgar demonstrations, plays a necessary part in changing the policies of our police force...To be honest it is easier to find a scapegoat like the police, politicians or anyhting that could make think about ourself first. We are not going to make police better by shitting on them and that ain't make us better either.
We get the police that we deserve, a police that is a picture of the education and the morals we have in our society. There are a lot of terrible abuses and it is not about making excuse for anyone but IMO we need to look for answers and what could we change instead of saying FUCK YOU and pointing fingers.
The blue line...I spit on there cars every chance I get!To protect and serve... themselves.
I know that's right!!!FUCK YES! Laquan McDonald got some long awaited justice when the jury convicted murdering officer Jason Van Dyke of second degree murder and 16 counts (one for each bullet fired into McDonald) of aggravated battery. He's going away for a LONG time. First time in over 30 years a Chicago cop has even been brought up on murder charges. Good thing they ruled justly, they saved a lot of police officers' lives and any rapport we've built with the department...
We woulda tore this muthafucka UP!
But will his conviction actually corner anything it will it be used by apologist for systemic police abuse as an example that 'the system works'?FUCK YES! Laquan McDonald got some long awaited justice when the jury convicted murdering officer Jason Van Dyke of second degree murder and 16 counts (one for each bullet fired into McDonald) of aggravated battery. He's going away for a LONG time. First time in over 30 years a Chicago cop has even been brought up on murder charges. Good thing they ruled justly, they saved a lot of police officers' lives and any rapport we've built with the department...
We woulda tore this muthafucka UP!
I believe his conviction will be used in both ways. It does produce a recent precedent for the prosecution to use the next time this situation arises (which I have no doubt will be very soon). Hopefully it will eventually become the norm, for everyone's sake. We'll take any victory we can get, it was a long time coming...But will his conviction actually corner anything it will it be used by apologist for systemic police abuse as an example that 'the system works'?
Yes. They secure this 'right' via force or the threat of force. With just pressure and demands from its citizens, the hope is that the police will eventually become accountable for their actions. Perhaps this way they will eventually be able to perform their duties from a base of our respect instead of our fear...Much like politicians, police are just another class of government official who have secured the 'right' to be above accountability, at the cost of social justice and civilisation itself.
https://www.theroot.com/donald-trump-thinks-racial-profiling-will-solve-gun-vio-1829609768I believe his conviction will be used in both ways. It does produce a recent precedent for the prosecution to use the next time this situation arises (which I have no doubt will be very soon). Hopefully it will eventually become the norm, for everyone's sake. We'll take any victory we can get, it was a long time coming...
Yes. The secure this 'right' via force or the threat of force. With just pressure and demands from its citizens, the hope is that the police will eventually become accountable for their actions. Perhaps this way they will eventually be able to perform their duties from a base of our respect instead of our fear...
https://www.theroot.com/donald-trump-thinks-racial-profiling-will-solve-gun-vio-1829609768
"Trump’s plan of action is to use the “stop and frisk” policy, which gives Chicago police the authority to stop, question and frisk anyone they deem “suspicious” or “dangerous” or suspect may have committed a crime.
It is a policy that was used by the New York Police Department during the Rudy Giuliani era of the 1990s and early 2000s. It was widely criticized as being a form of racial profiling, and a federal judge ruled in 2013 that it was unconstitutional and discriminatory."
Republicans are appealing to people's fears in order to secure ever more power for the State and erode the rights of the People. It's a long standing tend that the conviction of one cop does not reverse.I'm with McGrath -
“Even someone as clueless as Donald Trump has to know stop-and-frisk is simply not the solution to crime,” Spokesman Matt McGrath said in an emailed statement to the Post. “Just last week CPD reported there have been 100 fewer murders and 500 fewer shooting victims in Chicago this year, the second straight year of declines—all while we’ve been making reforms to restore trust with residents. The fact that he’s trotting out this tired rhetoric is another sign he’s worried about Republicans in the midterms.”
I don't just like this, I love it!!! Drop that knowledge on us!!!Republicans are appealing to people's fears in order to secure ever more power for the State and erode the rights of the People. It's a long standing tend that the conviction of one cop does not reverse.
How do we hold an out of control police force accountable? I know of no successful example in America. Not Chicago, not New York, not New Orleans, not Los Angeles. Under the disguise of 'law & order' they systematically stop the most commerce in our society of their rights and protections.
This has another name; authoritarianism.