Re:Why Is the NYPD So Powerful?
by monadic2 on Thursday June 04, 2020 @11:06PM
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I’m curious how much this correlates to police shows on television. At best, they are romantic depictions of policing. Even the “gritty, realistic” ones like “the shield” or “the wire” don’t really convey the complexities of how policing culture (both internally and with the wider community) varies even from neighborhood to neighborhood. In all likelihood you have no clue how your community polices.
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Yea I think one missing piece is that the public isn’t aware of the strategy, tactics, planning and challenges from modern policing. We just see the good and bad highlights and think it’s so simplistic.
Modern policing is full of contradiction: it should be non-violent, but it should also evict people, even from the streets. It should be anti-racist, but most prosecuted crimes are against the poor. It should protect the community from loss, but most of what is spent on policing is lost in wage theft. It should protect the community, but death by policing and incarceration are major causes of death.