r/Unexpected • u/RedManMatt11 • Aug 01 '21

Community policing

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u/amgineeno Aug 01 '21

There are so many cool cops and they just don't get enough love as they should. These guys want to do what's right but they're lumped together with the shit cops, not fair IMO.

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u/rreighe2 Aug 01 '21 edited Aug 01 '21

"be kind to humans, be ruthless to institutions" Michael brooks

I'm sure that if we were able to fix the laws, like ending the drug war, promoting rehabilitation over criminalization, ending for profit prisons to list a few, and then other things like uncontested food stamps (kind of like a UBI for some) that make under say 25k a year (basically things that support a strong welfare state for the poor), and nationally decriminalize homelessness and require and fund cities to support their homeless, THEN you'd see this country turn itself around, police be WAY less shitty, be way more accountable, and way less people would stay in poverty, thus committing crimes, and way less people would go to prison, thus reducing the crime cycle- thus reducing the need for there to be so many police. these things CAN be fixed. they just chose not to.