1/ Incremental policy changes are not enough. There should be a national police academy with universal standards for policing everywhere. The training should be much longer than that it is now and should include non-violent conflict resolution techniques.
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2/ We should return to community policing, and there should be far more mental health support for policemen (they too are traumatized and live in a constant state of low-grade panic). There should also be a national registry of bad cops so they can’t just move from town to town.
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3/ But more than anything we should place the responsibility where it belongs: at the feet of politicians who for the sake of their own power have allowed so much societal despair to form, that it’s like a petrie dish out of which collective pathologies inevitably arise.

Jun 14, 2020 · 1:47 PM UTC

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Next steps: take nationwide protest into the voting booth.
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Campaign finance reform is needed across the board. Conflict of interest is baked in the cake otherwise.
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💯💯💯
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Yes, this.
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It’s true; Some politicians aren’t using their visibility for the good of this country. And some are. We do have to put the onus on ourselves because these folks wouldn’t be in their seats without us putting them there. We need to take responsibility for who we hire.
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fighting to abolish and defund police is not a "pathology", it's a healthy immune response