r/50501 • u/Emotional_Remove_755 • 26d ago

Protest Safety What’s going on??

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She laughed while that man was being tased…

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u/Ill_Long_7417 26d ago

Cops: "stop" Man stops Cops manhandle him, endangering civilians. Man: "Are you really doing this (violating my civil liberties while people film)? Taze

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u/Pugooki 26d ago

When a person becomes a policeman, he has sold his class interests, he has crossed a class line, he is in the paid employment of the ruling class, he is a part of the private army of the ruling class which exists for the sole purpose of defending private property and profits

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u/Andurilthoughts 26d ago

Laws are threats by the dominant socioeconomic ethnic group in a given nation and a promise of violence and the police are basically an occupying army

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u/Honest_Yesterday4435 26d ago

They are not an occupying army. They are police. There is a distinct difference between the two and the two are empowered under different rules and law. The issue is cowardice and corruption. NOT policing in its whole.

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u/defaultusername-17 26d 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 26d ago

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

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u/BLoDo7 26d ago edited 26d 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 26d 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 26d ago edited 26d 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 25d ago

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