Here's a free book on police abolition for those interested in good faith discussion.
Verso
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I never felt as poor talking with my cop and my firefighter friend at dinner on how much they made a year before. And I work for a bank.
Will anyone ever make a TV series that actually depicts the actual police and how shitty it is?
Seriously, the only way I can enjoy a show like 99 is pretending it happens in an alternate universe.
It's frustrating how I really don't see this happening, the media is full of platitudes about good cops and those kinds of uncritical lies that don't offend the fragile minds of the public or themselves. They'll point out a few blatant bad apples along a disclaimer about how most of the other cops are great people who go through a lot. They're sadly incapable of truly addressing what systemic issues mean and how they are so strongly embedded into the police force.This is horrifying but not surprising . I hope all mainstream media picks this up.
The Wire. The Shield. Blue Bloods to a lesser degree.Will anyone ever make a TV series that actually depicts the actual police and how shitty it is?
Seriously, the only way I can enjoy a show like 99 is pretending it happens in an alternate universe.
It's really disheartening when you grow up and realize that all the times that you joked about living on the wrong side of the tracks, that you really were living in the bad side of the tracks. That the police there were move violent. More aggressive. More prevalent.People always think it's wild that the NYPD and LAPD and CPD are among some of the most racist, violent, and lawbreaking thugs in the country, but it honestly makes sense. Their entire reason of being is to protect capital and ensure that black people and the working class stay in their stations. Been the modus operandi since they began in the 19th century.
NYC, LA, and Chicago are segregated occupied territories.
As much as it pains me to say/believe it, these protests must keep going, they must escalate. And with escalation it means violence, death, and martyrdom. I don't foresee another environment as primed as this to potentially abolish the police system Americans have been grappling with since the aftermath of the Civil War near a century ago, nevermind slavery before that dated to its founding.
Americans need to decide as a collective, beyond black minorities, how much they are willing to lay down to the point of their potential deaths in securing the abolishment of government-funded domestic terrorism or if they'll yet deal with it for multiple future generations to come.
Police chief says he doesn't "believe racism plays a role" in NYPD, as protesters fill streets
A deputy chief described the protests as a "mob mentality" and said, "We don't like people walking in the middle of the street."www.cbsnews.com"What role does racism play in these outcomes where you have black men dying at a greater rate than other populations at the hands of police?" Dokoupil asked Monahan."I don't believe racism plays a role in New York. I can only speak for what I've seen in New York City," Monahan said."And yet, you've got these outcomes. And if those protesters heard you say that racism doesn't play a role, that's why they're here. That's why they're angry. They don't think you get it," Dokoupil said."I would never say that we are a racist police department. Absolutely not. Have incidents happened? Maybe there was a racist incident, something, and that person has been removed from this agency? Absolutely," Monahan said. "We all care about the communities we work in. We care deeply in the minority communities, the cops that work there, each and every day."Monahan said officers in his department frequently face repercussions for inappropriate actions. He said over 100 cops are fired in New York City every year.
Police chief says he doesn't "believe racism plays a role" in NYPD, as protesters fill streets
A deputy chief described the protests as a "mob mentality" and said, "We don't like people walking in the middle of the street."www.cbsnews.com"What role does racism play in these outcomes where you have black men dying at a greater rate than other populations at the hands of police?" Dokoupil asked Monahan."I don't believe racism plays a role in New York. I can only speak for what I've seen in New York City," Monahan said."And yet, you've got these outcomes. And if those protesters heard you say that racism doesn't play a role, that's why they're here. That's why they're angry. They don't think you get it," Dokoupil said."I would never say that we are a racist police department. Absolutely not. Have incidents happened? Maybe there was a racist incident, something, and that person has been removed from this agency? Absolutely," Monahan said. "We all care about the communities we work in. We care deeply in the minority communities, the cops that work there, each and every day."Monahan said officers in his department frequently face repercussions for inappropriate actions. He said over 100 cops are fired in New York City every year.
No racism yet 100
Cops fired every year for inappropriate actions (aka getting caught)
Is that supposed to be a small number to him? What a idiot.
There are good cops. It's just that when they try to do something about this...
There are good cops. It's just that when they try to do something about this...
There are good cops. It's just that when they try to do something about this...
Will anyone ever make a TV series that actually depicts the actual police and how shitty it is?
Seriously, the only way I can enjoy a show like 99 is pretending it happens in an alternate universe.
There are good cops. It's just that when they try to do something about this...
There are good cops. It's just that when they try to do something about this...
TouchèAnd that's exactly why there are no good cops. Whole institution is evil.