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0 pointsJumpCrisscross2y ago0 comments

> NYPD is famously full of criminals

There are ways to hold lawyers accountable that sadly don't exist for cops.

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Nifty39292y ago· 2 in thread

At this point the only option to hold police accountable is at the ballot box. The voters need to vote for politicians who will change the system. Or not, if we're getting what we want.

This is similar to a shareholder action for a public company that is being run poorly (however you define that), but where the board is also complicit. No choice except to vote for new board members. If you want, and care enough, and can get enough others to care enough also.

lotsofpulp2y ago

But voters have to stick with said politician while they rebuild the security force.

If a politician, who is technically the boss, starts to clean house of the unified and armed tribe supposedly meant to work for the people of the city, the tribe will usually make quality of life for everyone go down, if not just from the myriad legal challenges, but also from work slowdowns and stoppage.

So then the question is will voters stand by the politician while crime goes up and unsolved for the 10+ years it takes to rebuild a more accountable police force (which isn’t a guarantee either).

mrguyorama2y ago

Also don't forget at least 40% of the board, employees, and other shareholders are ADAMANT that the internal armed tribe which is actively harming everyone in retribution are actually the good things, call them a tiny cyan boundary, keeping the world from anarchy.

Speaking of crimes, I've murdered this analogy

seanw4442y ago

The people that exert force over us to enforce restrictions, often to the extent that it infringes on civil rights (and sometimes to the extent that it ruins the subject's life), qualify for immunity from responsibility for their actions! And their friends refuse to step in when doing so is clearly the moral choice.

Hey, wait... this sounds a lot like a gang. How did the rebel nation get so "cucked"?

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