(February 1, 2023 at 6:26 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Community policing? Ha! That'd never work in the us. Turns out it's harder to get a cop to send his next door neighbor to the er over loose smokes. I don't think we can come to workable terms with policing in this country until we can accept it for what it is. A paramilitary force of occupation whose purpose is to manage the poors on behalf of the overclass.
Oh come on man, that would require the USA and USAians to actually acknowledge its origins in a crucible of genocide and enslavement. That shit just ain't happening.