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Anyone with any knowledge of Atlanta/Georgia regional politics have any educated guesses as to the likely near term consequences of the evident police walk off? I know that their union isn’t very strong formally because of Georgia law.Jaxyon posted:Sounds like somebody confused "abolish police" with "end any enforcement of laws" because they watched enough copaganda that they can only conceptualize law enforcement through our current model. Fill Baptismal fucked around with this message at 07:14 on Jun 18, 2020 |
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To say that American police are so unique that they can't be compared to other countries is pretty ridiculous. America is far from the only country with inequality or contemporary & historical racism in institutions. No two countries are identical of course, but it seems like a weird form of American exceptionalism to think that it's impossible to make any comparison.
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Jun 19, 2020 01:32
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We aren’t unique in that regard either. There are Latin American countries whose development was pretty profoundly shaped by slavery. Brazil received more slaves than any other country, and they abolished slavery later. Brazilian police are, to put it very mildly, somewhat violent as well. I just think the idea that we are so special and unique that no lessons for other countries could potentially be applied here is pretty silly. It’s using the same logic conservatives do when they say that universal healthcare could never work here.
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Jun 19, 2020 03:34
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Honestly you should need a minimum population size to have your own municipal government (at least the kind with the authority to do things like have a police force) in general.
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Jan 8, 2024 01:06
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