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If it does cut the death toll from 1100/year to 300/year, that’s not a solution, but it is an improvement over the status quo.
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A lot of police “reform” actually makes the situation worse.
David Graeber has a few things to say about police and their obbession with bodily fluids. I think it’s here: https://libcom.org/library/phenomenology-giant-puppets-0
I wonder how much of the trouble with cops would just go away if police unions were broken up.
The STLPOA is particularly a bunch of racist shitbags. They’re currently trying to get the chief replaced because he reprimanded several officers for misconduct during the protests… and also very obviously because he’s black. They’ve also been leaning hard into the Punisher thing, calling for boycotts on businesses that support protestors, etc.