I think that the fact the officers are also black means that the media/libs don't want to deal with it, since the only conclusion is basically:acab-2: .
So since there's not much else to run with, the media coverage (and protests) are muted, since you can't go for anything but massive changes/destruction to the very institution of policing, which :liberalism: can't compass. They can talk about racist individuals, and maybe even sometimes institutional racism, but to actually move to the disciplinary apparatus of the state, it just fails.
Yep, they drove unmarked sports cars and were meant to be tasked with hot spots of high crime areas. Instead they murdered an innocent guy driving home. The militarization of the police leads to a natural process of roving gangs who think they can get away with anything. It will reverse the consent they’ve manufactured for “we need to deal with rising crime” if they have to start pivoting away from this.
The militarization of the police leads to a natural process of roving gangs who think they can get away with anything.
I would love for the average citizen to start to recognize this, but I'm somewhat cynical. After Uvalde I feel like nothing can break the default American :bootlicker: attitude towards cops. I want to be wrong though, and I think the thing you describe is the only way it's going to happen. Otherwise libs will just insist on more woman, queer, POC etc cops as if diversity will solve these problems.
I think that the fact the officers are also black means that the media/libs don't want to deal with it, since the only conclusion is basically:acab-2: .
So since there's not much else to run with, the media coverage (and protests) are muted, since you can't go for anything but massive changes/destruction to the very institution of policing, which :liberalism: can't compass. They can talk about racist individuals, and maybe even sometimes institutional racism, but to actually move to the disciplinary apparatus of the state, it just fails.
Yep, they drove unmarked sports cars and were meant to be tasked with hot spots of high crime areas. Instead they murdered an innocent guy driving home. The militarization of the police leads to a natural process of roving gangs who think they can get away with anything. It will reverse the consent they’ve manufactured for “we need to deal with rising crime” if they have to start pivoting away from this.
I would love for the average citizen to start to recognize this, but I'm somewhat cynical. After Uvalde I feel like nothing can break the default American :bootlicker: attitude towards cops. I want to be wrong though, and I think the thing you describe is the only way it's going to happen. Otherwise libs will just insist on more woman, queer, POC etc cops as if diversity will solve these problems.