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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1389682
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1389682
No surprises here…
https://medium.com/vibe-control/omertà-snitches-and-the-blue-wall-of-silence-3bc8f66f7f34
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Systemic police reform needs to happen. The police will not do it on their own, of course. Republicans are against it, and will lie and cheat to prevent change. What to do? Even if the police were shown to be ten times worse than they are, would that precipitate any change? Unlikely.
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Like the (black? crimsom? pink? white?) walls of silence in the Catholic Church.
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“Since 1980, the racial disparities in rates of fatal police violence have remained largely unchanged or worsened in some cases…”
GOP: ”Unions are un-American!”
Also GOP: ”We LOVE police unions!”
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Odd. Would’ve thought that the po-po would want full credit for their marksmanship.
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So the undercounted are “secret” police killings?
Sounds fascist to me…
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And Fire Fighter unions.
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Coroners need to keep their jobs. Also, if they’re given only a portion of the information, they can still legitimately draw the false conclusions they’ve come to. Law enforcement is in control of these under-counts and who’s going to make them ‘do better’ about this reporting?
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The only people who didn’t already know this are dead, comatose—or Republican.
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Police reform is already dead.
There are a lot of stories of individual cities’ efforts, but it really should come from the Feds. And this is where it stands at the Fed level:
Why a failed police reform effort in Congress hurt cops the most (azcentral.com)
Camden, NJ, has been very successful with this:
Camden Police Reform Is a 'Model’ for Other Cities | Camden, NJ News TAPinto
Tried and true, but I don’t see too many places taking up the model.
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Police Killings In The US Have Been Undercounted By More Than Half In Official Statistics
That’s only because most of the people who the police kill are considered to be only 3/5 of a person.
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Bigly, too.
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Anyhoooooo…
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Not a minute too soon…
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Do the asshole in Chicago next.
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5 years too late.
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