Proposition E and Why San Francisco Voters Should Oppose It (opens in new tab)

Being a cop is a high paying, low barrier to entry position. If cops quit because they want to stand in support of a convicted murderer then they definitely don’t belong in the force. Morale has nothing to do with doing your job, that sorry ass excuse wouldn’t work in any other job. The police union is a cause for most of these problems, they artificially restrict who can join the force. It needs to be dissolved and cops should be hired like a regular job, with clearances and training requirements.

We outspend all other countries on policing by a wide margin. I think we'll be ok with a few thousand fewer cops (and no facial recognition).

The “mob” didn’t go after Chauvin for doing his job; they went after him for chocking the life out of a man over the course of nine minutes.

Any cop who has low morale because of the Chauvin convection shouldn’t be a cop.

> but the message cops themselves got was that if they actually do their job and arrest criminals, there is a chance that a politicized mob could send them to prison for the rest of their lives

That’s the message?

You know That cop killed a guy right? Suffocated him. On camera. If he just did his job and arrested him the politicized mob wouldn’t have put him behind bars. But the problem is he killed that guy, and it wasn’t some freak momentary lapse. He suffocated him. If cops are quitting because they’re worried they might go to jail for killing a completely incapacitated individual in a very deliberate manner, they might be doing society a favor.

Crime rates are generally down since the pandemic-era spike and are still extremely low compared to the norms of the 80's and 90's.

And frankly, if anyone deserves credit for creating an "us vs them" mentality between citizens and the police, it's the police. Dating back at least as far as the start of the drug war.

Cops don't get a license for public executions. I appreciate your pearl clutching, but reject your premise on its face.

TIL Hamsterdam also legalized traffic violations

Ripple is not my industry, lol