Re:Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do
by krapp on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:32PM
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Yes. We must only ever effect change within the system, in ways that don't upset the status quo or in any way inconvenience those in power. Like that nice, polite fellow Martin Luther King Jr. Whatever happened to him?
Re:Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do
by johndhi on Thursday August 03, 2023 @03:36PM
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I don't really buy this line of thinking. I guess you're adopting the 'Malcolm X' approach versus the 'MLK' approach, but actually, meaningful change in an organization devoid of calling people nasty names and criticizing them personally ('cops are pigs') IS MORE UPSETTING to the status quo than your approach.
Going to police stations and identifying issues with them, and describing them in apolitical terms, and asking the police chief to consider and act on them, and voting him or her out if they don't act on them, is more 'revolutionary' than standing outside their office with 'ACAB' posters.
Re:Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do
by jrflowers on Thursday August 03, 2023 @03:56PM
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I like this reasoning. Not enough people are spending their energy admonishing others for being rude about cops online. If we all just organized to stop anybody from being mean to them on the internet we could end civil asset forfeiture.
This is a good point. Fascism is made up and has never existed, and it certainly has never been created or perpetuated by police. It is a mystery why anyone would make a statement otherwise when the better option of discussing theoretical incremental change is on the table.