Quote (Thor123422 @ Jun 11 2020 11:26am)
The last few weeks has really shifted my opinion on the police. The blatant abuse in response to peaceful protest and flat-out assault on the media in several cities has really made me more sympathetic to the far-right talking points of the police as an occupying Force.
That and the prevalence of civil asset forfeiture which is basically just the police stealing from the citizenry has more or less led me to conclude that the current state of the police in this country is illegitimate.
We really need sweeping reforms because as it stands I don't believe the police are accountable to the citizens and as a result they have systematically abused their power for personal gain.
Quote (balrog66 @ Jun 11 2020 11:37am)
The reality is that even if the people in these cases were guilty of anything other than being an immediate danger to anyone around them, they did not deserve to be treated the way they were.
Cops in America need accountability, and it needs to happen now.
Thankfully, it's happening. When you have people like ME who are upset about an institution, it's because 70% of Americans are there. We've reached a point in this country where there will be substantial change in how we police.