“publicly funded police forces enforcing rules made by an elected legislature are a progressive reform” sounds insane but is just basically true
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rule of law that applies to all citizens is a radical concept and one we've yet to fully achieve
sep 1, 2025, 1:45 am • 43 2 • view
This is literally the basis of religion.
sep 1, 2025, 1:47 am • 3 0 • view
The really problematic idea is that policing cannot be reformed. Once you cede that, you cede any kind of progressive vision for public safety at all.
sep 1, 2025, 2:04 am • 9 0 • view
"Police force that's theoretically answerable to the public" is obviously much worse than "police force that's actually answerable to the public," but - and this is *really* important - it's still infinitely better than "police force that's not answerable to the public at all."
sep 1, 2025, 2:09 am • 14 1 • view
Doesn't sound that outlandish to me tbh
sep 1, 2025, 1:58 am • 5 0 • view
so many bad takes on here are rooted in people not considering that things used to be Worse
sep 1, 2025, 2:08 am • 13 0 • view
Chestertons fence etc
sep 1, 2025, 2:24 am • 7 0 • view
Yeah what we had before the version of policing we have now was not “everyone was nice to each other so there was no need for police”
sep 1, 2025, 2:26 am • 4 0 • view
To be clear, I’m not saying that this uniformly exists, anywhere, and police forces certainly cancel/do commit arbitrary violence, but the idea, compared to what we had before, is pretty damn sound
sep 1, 2025, 1:43 am • 64 2 • view
I mean, the Peelian principles of policing are actually pretty good!* The problem is, very few police departments have actually *followed* them! *The ones introduced with the first police force in 1830.
sep 1, 2025, 1:48 am • 14 2 • view
policing is a lot like communism - the idea was invented in the 1800s and everything since then has been a continuous failure of implementation :p
sep 1, 2025, 4:00 am • 5 1 • view
People need to be focusing on reforming the police union/contracting structure.
sep 1, 2025, 2:18 am • 2 0 • view
"my husband beats the piss out of me" is not a superior system of justice.
sep 1, 2025, 2:10 am • 2 0 • view
The police should be Article I, perhaps even the military. Make the Article II president a master coordinator without any armed enforcement (Article I now) Article III is now highly paid, but any hint of corruption gets that Article III judge instantly fired if convicted.
sep 1, 2025, 2:13 am • 0 0 • view