Re:Ford employees ask the company to stop making police cars
by chiefalchemist on Thursday July 09, 2020 @03:07PM
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Yes and no.
First, I'm sure we all agree that police brutality and murder are wrong. Second, the police are not the criminal justice system. They are law enforcement.
Ultimately, those cars enable quite a lot of good as well. Lives saved. Property saved. And so on. That doesn't make the wrongs forgivable. But where are Fords exported? Saudi Arabia? China? How much work does Ford do that's DOD related? If we zoom out a bit, police cars feel like chump change.
First, I'm sure we all agree that police brutality and murder are wrong. Second, the police are not the criminal justice system. They are law enforcement.
Ultimately, those cars enable quite a lot of good as well. Lives saved. Property saved. And so on. That doesn't make the wrongs forgivable. But where are Fords exported? Saudi Arabia? China? How much work does Ford do that's DOD related? If we zoom out a bit, police cars feel like chump change.