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WhiskeyGrinder

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5. Community and compassionate policing are still policing.

Reply to cayugafalls (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:57 PM

Jul 2020

They results in a flow of information that goes only one way: Toward oppressive power. For more information, check out mpd150's outstanding resource here.

The entire idea of a police force is about oppression. As such, reform simply extends oppression by obscuring it and making it more acceptable.

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Rebuild, Retrain, Rethink the Police. Reframing the message. [View all] cayugafalls Jul 2020 OP

Great idea MacKasey Jul 2020 #1

Thank you. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #2

More people need to read this MacKasey Jul 2020 #3

Thank you for the kick. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #4

Community and compassionate policing are still policing. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2020 #5

I agree with a lot of what is said on that site. Thanks for the link. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #6

It's Tuesday morning and I'm kicking it up MacKasey Jul 2020 #7