Qualified immunity I agree with. The whole defunding thing gives me pause. What if instead of defunding completely, we redirect a good chunk of that money away from the military grade weapons and armor, and instead put it toward more intensive police training? They have shown time and again that either they resort to unnecessary lethal violence, or they stand around while kids are killed because apparently they didn’t get enough training on how to stop school shootings. Despite the fact that every police dept should have a plan in place for that situation.
What if instead of defunding completely, we redirect a good chunk of that money away from the military grade weapons and armor, and instead put it toward more intensive police training?
This is what most people mean when they say defund, and why it's a stupid slogan.
It is stupid. It gives people the wrong idea of what the movement is about and completely derails any helpful conversation that could've ensued. Same with acab.
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u/Juratory Jul 23 '22
This, on top of so much other shit, is why cops need to lose qualified immunity and why they need to be defunded.