I want to clarify here- the problem is NOT that that a large numbers of our cops are “psychos” (a term that means, what? Exactly? That they are mentally ill? Not the term I would use at all.)
The problem is that our police forces are built on the bones of slave patrols and function to protect the interests and property of the rich those folks (ya know , like slave patrols.)
The problem is that cops are trained to shoot first and ask questions later, but that generally only applies in situations where the person being impacted isn’t white.
The problem is that if a cop kills someone there are entire SYSTEMS in place, from internal investigations to public relations, that assumes the cop was justified in killing, ESPECIALLY if the victim was not white.
The problem is that police occasionally killing black people, especially non-violent unarmed black people, is a form of state sanctioned terrorism against communities of color, and anything, ANYTHING, that allows cops to kill and continue to serve is an extension of that terrorism.
This isn’t about a few or a lot of individual bad cops, and calling them “psychos” is inappropriate. (Not only because it is inaccurate but also because actually mentally ill people are at a HUGELY increased risk of police violence. Which makes the comment about cops SHOOTING “psychos” also not great) This is about systemic problems, institutional problems, and largely cultural problems.
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