The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Eric the Green]

(06-06-2020, 07:24 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(06-05-2020, 06:18 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Pushing back, CNN tells of Buffalo officers quit special team after 2 officers suspended for allegedly shoving 75-year-old to ground.

First report lately of the police resisting the new drive for them to reduce excessive use of force.

Let them quit?  Fire them completely?

Self selection has to occur if the anti-social cops need to move on. The alternative is mass firings, and that seems unlikely.  Even NYC and LA, both with histories of bad cops, will opt for ease out over throw out.  Change a few policies, and let the bad to marginal cops decide to comply or quit.  If firing is needed, keep it rare.

I think it needs to go faster than that. Cops who defend brutality and veiled racism should be fired. Police unions should be handcuffed so they are representing the economic interest of police workers and not defending brutality. I salute the police chiefs and mayors who have said that we don't need these cops on the force. Those who can be educated and retrained might be able to stay.

It's true the bad cops need to be replaced, and that could take a while, but it should not take too long.

Crime is higher in ethnic poor communities, and that creates fear and stress on police. Neighborhood policing by the people who live there is key. More social workers is key. Education of young black guys needs to improve too. Schools in poor ethnic neighborhoods are underfunded. Obviously, these schools should teach students that crime and violence is never justified no matter how poor we are, as well as to teach the real possibilities to succeed in life and help provide the tools. Black musicians, rap artists, actors and athletes need to teach that lesson through their work too. They are upper class now, and have a responsibility to teach young people to respect the law, as well as to fight the necessary battles against racism, criminal injustice, and class oppression, and the deprivation that happens through Reaganomics.