I think police are a necessary evil but that means we need to scrutinise them thouroughly and make radical changes when there are problems.
I still get surprised that, in the US, a police officer only has a few weeks of training. I think most cleaning personel in Europe has a longer training period. Anyone with that much power needs to be vetted and follow a degree so we can be sure of a minimum amount of competency.
This is not hyperbole, or exaggeration, or an unfounded guess, or an uncharitable interpretation, none of that.
The practice of excluding candidates for scoring too highly had to be defended before the US courts of appeals at one point, and successfully was. Like 30 years ago now.
So yeah, police fought, using the court system, for the protection to do exactly what you’re describing.
Combine that with the ruling that they have no legal duty to even try to protect anyone, and events like Uvalde seem a lot more predictable. How anyone thinks they’re here for our benefit is wild.
I think police are a necessary evil but that means we need to scrutinise them thouroughly and make radical changes when there are problems.
I still get surprised that, in the US, a police officer only has a few weeks of training. I think most cleaning personel in Europe has a longer training period. Anyone with that much power needs to be vetted and follow a degree so we can be sure of a minimum amount of competency.
The lack of training is by design in the US. They want dumb bullies, not competency.
This is not hyperbole, or exaggeration, or an unfounded guess, or an uncharitable interpretation, none of that.
The practice of excluding candidates for scoring too highly had to be defended before the US courts of appeals at one point, and successfully was. Like 30 years ago now.
So yeah, police fought, using the court system, for the protection to do exactly what you’re describing.
Combine that with the ruling that they have no legal duty to even try to protect anyone, and events like Uvalde seem a lot more predictable. How anyone thinks they’re here for our benefit is wild.