De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

Re:De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer by hinkley on Monday June 01, 2020 @11:26PM (#23387085)

Police brutality protestors should be meeting with the mayor’s office with representation from the police department and internal affairs, but the chief of police is not in charge. That’s the problem. When official channels fail to the point of Protesting in the streets, you can’t use the same channels to address the situation.

And I don’t mean “you are incapable” can’t. I mean, “You are not allowed” can’t.

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Re:De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer by CydeWeys on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @08:34AM (#23390287)

These protests and riots are happening precisely because the alternative mechanisms such as the one you are suggesting have failed time and time again.

Here in NYC we have a spineless mayor who has completely given up even attempting to exert civilian oversight on the police since 2014. They have free rein to do whatever they want and to "self-police" themselves, and because of the union violent cops are never fired.

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