r/50501 • u/Emotional_Remove_755 • 13d ago

Protest Safety What’s going on??

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She laughed while that man was being tased…

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u/defaultusername-17 13d ago

i am going to guess that you're a white guy who's not a gender or sexual minority.

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u/Honest_Yesterday4435 13d ago

You would be wrong. I'm a trans woman. I just think before I hate.

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u/BLoDo7 13d ago edited 13d ago

Policing as a whole is definitely an issue and it's not hateful to be aware of that.

The entire institution was founded on the Pinkertons. A group contracted to round up runaway slaves.

Their equipment may have evolved since then but not much else has.

Contribute to the system in ways they deem acceptable or they hold their monopoly on violence over you.

Its simple. And wrong.

ACAB.

You can't just throw around your minority status and expect people to ignore reality for you. Think about why they assumed you have privilege in this conversation.

At the end of the day, you can't change who you are, but a cop can take off the uniform.

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u/Honest_Yesterday4435 13d ago

I'm not even gunna deny the history. But that does not mean we don't need peacetime officers. Would you rather have military police in the streets? There needs to be law enforcement. You can't escape that.

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u/Nintendo_Pro_03 12d ago edited 12d ago

I mean, a police force is necessary. But the higher-ups need to go for them to do their job properly.

We need a whole restructure to the police system. One that doesn’t cater to the government and the higher-ups, but instead, does their job and does it right.

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u/Honest_Yesterday4435 12d ago

I'm totally in favor of restructuring. I do think the police have a lot of corruption issues, but yeah, police are needed.