Well I have to believe that if those cops were white this would be playing out a whole lot differently.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 10:27pmCertainly. But there’s always that one moment where things get pushed in one direction or another in ways that didn’t seem likely before. And this latest horror hasn’t generated the usual defence of police from police. I hope.Flex wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 10:22pmI think change is possible, but it's not going to come from incremental reform. Police have proven themselves too wiley and duplicatous for that.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 8:59pmGive up hope, give into defeat. Sometimes you have to go for your heart to go on.Flex wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 8:56pmOh my Sweet summer childDr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 3:44pmI keep hoping, whenever these assaults by cops happen, that, finally, this will be the event that leads to an end to qualified immunity and structural changes that will better inhibit them. Make a cop feel reluctant to use violence, make them scared of the repercussions if they force isn't truly a last resort.
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For moving the argument, it's better that they weren't white, to understand how institutionalized racism operates and that the way forward requires institutional change. Seeing the problem as resting in the hearts of individuals—that Sesame Street view of the world—hinders meaningful improvement.revbob wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 11:00pmWell I have to believe that if those cops were white this would be playing out a whole lot differently.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 10:27pmCertainly. But there’s always that one moment where things get pushed in one direction or another in ways that didn’t seem likely before. And this latest horror hasn’t generated the usual defence of police from police. I hope.Flex wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 10:22pmI think change is possible, but it's not going to come from incremental reform. Police have proven themselves too wiley and duplicatous for that.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 8:59pmGive up hope, give into defeat. Sometimes you have to go for your heart to go on.
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I hope that's the case. But I think it will take more. White cops killing young blonde women on the same scale might be what it really takes to move forward.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 7:39amFor moving the argument, it's better that they weren't white, to understand how institutionalized racism operates and that the way forward requires institutional change. Seeing the problem as resting in the hearts of individuals—that Sesame Street view of the world—hinders meaningful improvement.revbob wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 11:00pmWell I have to believe that if those cops were white this would be playing out a whole lot differently.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 10:27pmCertainly. But there’s always that one moment where things get pushed in one direction or another in ways that didn’t seem likely before. And this latest horror hasn’t generated the usual defence of police from police. I hope.Flex wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 10:22pmI think change is possible, but it's not going to come from incremental reform. Police have proven themselves too wiley and duplicatous for that.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 8:59pm
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I agree, tho I think it's fair to say that the needle has moved in the conversation over the past twenty years. Not there yet, but the kneejerk defend-the-cops discourse isn't as common. And there is serious evidence from pilot projects where cops have been instructed to de-escalate situations, where public support of the cops has improved without "emboldening criminals." I really don't want to sound pollyannaish here, but I do think public conversations are moving in a better direction.revbob wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 1:49pmI hope that's the case. But I think it will take more. White cops killing young blonde women on the same scale might be what it really takes to move forward.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 7:39amFor moving the argument, it's better that they weren't white, to understand how institutionalized racism operates and that the way forward requires institutional change. Seeing the problem as resting in the hearts of individuals—that Sesame Street view of the world—hinders meaningful improvement.revbob wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 11:00pmWell I have to believe that if those cops were white this would be playing out a whole lot differently.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 10:27pmCertainly. But there’s always that one moment where things get pushed in one direction or another in ways that didn’t seem likely before. And this latest horror hasn’t generated the usual defence of police from police. I hope.
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Really? My impression is the exact opposite. Despite scrutiny of some of the worst, most horrific examples of police brutality the policy-level commitment is more pro-cop than ever before. Hell, in liberal-controlled New York, governor Hochul JUST announced she was opposed to any attempts to end qualified immunity. Here in Colorado Dems ran on a law-and-order platform with promises to beef up police budgets and afaik they're doing in it. I've documented on this forum my own city's active work to undermine (quite successfully so far) court ordered police reforms.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 2:07pmI agree, tho I think it's fair to say that the needle has moved in the conversation over the past twenty years. Not there yet, but the kneejerk defend-the-cops discourse isn't as common. And there is serious evidence from pilot projects where cops have been instructed to de-escalate situations, where public support of the cops has improved without "emboldening criminals." I really don't want to sound pollyannaish here, but I do think public conversations are moving in a better direction.
The term "defund the police" is underwater across all demographic groups, including African american demographics that used to support the movement. However you want to parcel out the blame, and there's plenty to go around, substantive police reform seems - to me - to be less popular and less likely than at any point in at least the last half decade.
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The key thing is melanin does not does not dictate the amount of bastard any one has there character.
Humans are just that and unfortunately some are cunts.
Treat everyone you come across with respect...if everyone did this perhaps we wouldn't have disgusting shit like this.
Humans are just that and unfortunately some are cunts.
Treat everyone you come across with respect...if everyone did this perhaps we wouldn't have disgusting shit like this.
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Hmmm. Perhaps I'm being unduly influenced by media coverage, which seems to privilege reform positions. I certainly wouldn't dispute a disconnect between discourse and political action, but got the sense that skepticism toward police tactics was greater.Flex wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 5:30pmReally? My impression is the exact opposite. Despite scrutiny of some of the worst, most horrific examples of police brutality the policy-level commitment is more pro-cop than ever before. Hell, in liberal-controlled New York, governor Hochul JUST announced she was opposed to any attempts to end qualified immunity. Here in Colorado Dems ran on a law-and-order platform with promises to beef up police budgets and afaik they're doing in it. I've documented on this forum my own city's active work to undermine (quite successfully so far) court ordered police reforms.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 2:07pmI agree, tho I think it's fair to say that the needle has moved in the conversation over the past twenty years. Not there yet, but the kneejerk defend-the-cops discourse isn't as common. And there is serious evidence from pilot projects where cops have been instructed to de-escalate situations, where public support of the cops has improved without "emboldening criminals." I really don't want to sound pollyannaish here, but I do think public conversations are moving in a better direction.
The term "defund the police" is underwater across all demographic groups, including African american demographics that used to support the movement. However you want to parcel out the blame, and there's plenty to go around, substantive police reform seems - to me - to be less popular and less likely than at any point in at least the last half decade.
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Well, to meet in the middle, I think it's often true that political action by elites is a lagging indicator of public sentiment (to put it mildly). One of those things where change seems nowhere and then everywhere all at once, potentially.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 7:11pmHmmm. Perhaps I'm being unduly influenced by media coverage, which seems to privilege reform positions. I certainly wouldn't dispute a disconnect between discourse and political action, but got the sense that skepticism toward police tactics was greater.Flex wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 5:30pmReally? My impression is the exact opposite. Despite scrutiny of some of the worst, most horrific examples of police brutality the policy-level commitment is more pro-cop than ever before. Hell, in liberal-controlled New York, governor Hochul JUST announced she was opposed to any attempts to end qualified immunity. Here in Colorado Dems ran on a law-and-order platform with promises to beef up police budgets and afaik they're doing in it. I've documented on this forum my own city's active work to undermine (quite successfully so far) court ordered police reforms.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 2:07pmI agree, tho I think it's fair to say that the needle has moved in the conversation over the past twenty years. Not there yet, but the kneejerk defend-the-cops discourse isn't as common. And there is serious evidence from pilot projects where cops have been instructed to de-escalate situations, where public support of the cops has improved without "emboldening criminals." I really don't want to sound pollyannaish here, but I do think public conversations are moving in a better direction.
The term "defund the police" is underwater across all demographic groups, including African american demographics that used to support the movement. However you want to parcel out the blame, and there's plenty to go around, substantive police reform seems - to me - to be less popular and less likely than at any point in at least the last half decade.
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Yeah, that's kind of thing I'm hoping for. Years and years later, historians can discern the trends that lead to significant changes, but often, at the time, it seems unexpected, where conventional wisdom is bafflingly overturned.Flex wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 7:16pmWell, to meet in the middle, I think it's often true that political action by elites is a lagging indicator of public sentiment (to put it mildly). One of those things where change seems nowhere and then everywhere all at once, potentially.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 7:11pmHmmm. Perhaps I'm being unduly influenced by media coverage, which seems to privilege reform positions. I certainly wouldn't dispute a disconnect between discourse and political action, but got the sense that skepticism toward police tactics was greater.Flex wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 5:30pmReally? My impression is the exact opposite. Despite scrutiny of some of the worst, most horrific examples of police brutality the policy-level commitment is more pro-cop than ever before. Hell, in liberal-controlled New York, governor Hochul JUST announced she was opposed to any attempts to end qualified immunity. Here in Colorado Dems ran on a law-and-order platform with promises to beef up police budgets and afaik they're doing in it. I've documented on this forum my own city's active work to undermine (quite successfully so far) court ordered police reforms.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 2:07pmI agree, tho I think it's fair to say that the needle has moved in the conversation over the past twenty years. Not there yet, but the kneejerk defend-the-cops discourse isn't as common. And there is serious evidence from pilot projects where cops have been instructed to de-escalate situations, where public support of the cops has improved without "emboldening criminals." I really don't want to sound pollyannaish here, but I do think public conversations are moving in a better direction.
The term "defund the police" is underwater across all demographic groups, including African american demographics that used to support the movement. However you want to parcel out the blame, and there's plenty to go around, substantive police reform seems - to me - to be less popular and less likely than at any point in at least the last half decade.
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Yes. We're seeing this in action in Wisconsin, too. The 2020 "Defund the Police" Summer has passed and become a dirty word. Our former Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, who is a fantastic guy, lost his senate race against awful incumbent Ron Johnson and a big part of that (I think) was the "law and order" attack they threw his way. They painted him as a defund the police guy and it hurt him in areas (City of Milwaukee, for instance) where conventional wisdom would indicate it would not have.Flex wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 5:30pmReally? My impression is the exact opposite. Despite scrutiny of some of the worst, most horrific examples of police brutality the policy-level commitment is more pro-cop than ever before. Hell, in liberal-controlled New York, governor Hochul JUST announced she was opposed to any attempts to end qualified immunity. Here in Colorado Dems ran on a law-and-order platform with promises to beef up police budgets and afaik they're doing in it. I've documented on this forum my own city's active work to undermine (quite successfully so far) court ordered police reforms.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑29 Jan 2023, 2:07pmI agree, tho I think it's fair to say that the needle has moved in the conversation over the past twenty years. Not there yet, but the kneejerk defend-the-cops discourse isn't as common. And there is serious evidence from pilot projects where cops have been instructed to de-escalate situations, where public support of the cops has improved without "emboldening criminals." I really don't want to sound pollyannaish here, but I do think public conversations are moving in a better direction.
The term "defund the police" is underwater across all demographic groups, including African american demographics that used to support the movement. However you want to parcel out the blame, and there's plenty to go around, substantive police reform seems - to me - to be less popular and less likely than at any point in at least the last half decade.
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Most people are sympathetic to the concept of police being there to "protect and serve". And for a lot of people because they are not personally effected by police brutality they will fall down on the side of the police when the chips are down. I know here some positions were cut and crime has increased. It feels like the cops have taken a sort of passive aggressive approach to some of these incidents. People call the police and are told "sorry we're understaffed, we can only respond to issues of life and death".
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"Defund the Police" was terrible branding. Just awful.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2023, 10:59am
The 2020 "Defund the Police" Summer has passed and become a dirty word.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Agreed. It invited misinterpretation, intentional and not. Black Lives Matter also makes it easy for opponents to twist it into *only* Black Lives Matter, instead of its intent of Black Lives Matter, too. And the insane alphabet stew of covering non-conventional gender identities. I support the desire for inclusivity in naming, but LGBTQQIP2SAA (I think that's the current version) suggests more zeal than intent to persuade.matedog wrote: ↑30 Jan 2023, 11:38am"Defund the Police" was terrible branding. Just awful.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2023, 10:59am
The 2020 "Defund the Police" Summer has passed and become a dirty word.
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I think this is definitely in need of a rebrand.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑30 Jan 2023, 11:52amAgreed. It invited misinterpretation, intentional and not. Black Lives Matter also makes it easy for opponents to twist it into *only* Black Lives Matter, instead of its intent of Black Lives Matter, too. And the insane alphabet stew of covering non-conventional gender identities. I support the desire for inclusivity in naming, but LGBTQQIP2SAA (I think that's the current version) suggests more zeal than intent to persuade.matedog wrote: ↑30 Jan 2023, 11:38am"Defund the Police" was terrible branding. Just awful.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2023, 10:59am
The 2020 "Defund the Police" Summer has passed and become a dirty word.
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I mean, that depends. I think it was weird, bad branding for people who wanted police reform but not abolition, but it's very accurate branding for actual police abolitionists. It's just a really, really unpopular position and it always struck me as totally delusional that a lot of abolitionists (at least ones I knew or followed) acted like it was a broadly popular position that wouldn't require absolutely mind boggling levels of outreach and persuasion.matedog wrote: ↑30 Jan 2023, 11:38am"Defund the Police" was terrible branding. Just awful.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2023, 10:59am
The 2020 "Defund the Police" Summer has passed and become a dirty word.
I don't really understand people who didn't actually want to get rid of police using the term tho. Very counterproductive!
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