We have to go further than new rules of policing. We have to change the entire culture of policing, and that means funding less the tools of brute force & funding more the tools of soul force. We need to transform the entire paradigm: “to protect & serve.” nytimes.com/2020/06/07/nyreg…

De Blasio Vows for First Time to Cut Funding for the N.Y.P.D. (Published 2020)

The mayor made his pledge following 10 nights of mass protests against police violence and mounting demands for an overhaul of the police department.

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Jun 7, 2020 · 8:41 PM UTC

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No solidarity with strike breakers and skullcrackers! @MNAFLCIO @AFLCIO @AFTunion @Teamsters @rweingarten @RichardTrumka must take the lead! Decert and expel from councils and federations NOW!
We need to do it all.
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My dather told me years ago, he saw the younger police in his dept only associating with other police. He said he feared it would lead to us vs. them mentality.
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you need to do more than change the culture of policing, you need to change the material base of policing
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You are so right lightbringer. Let's have more violence right?