@shiftygism: Equating being a cop, to being of a certain race, gender, or sexuality is being open-minded?
This mindset that everyone is capable or in a position to make a real honest to god change isn't realistic
You can remove yourself from the situation and cease complicity.
certain comments that the police shouldn't exist is absurd.
Most progressive pushes aren't actually asking for 0 police, what is demanded is accountability, for police to be held to a higher standard, and for their huge budgets to be slashed because that's what is shown to lead to greater militarization and in turn greater violence and abuse.
https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/peoples-budget-la-city-budget-lapd/
The peoples budget here in LA for example is calling for the enormous police budget to be decimated and reallocated to services that face our huge problems with housing, and for new services for people in crisis and community safety.
I have a feeling i'm probably wasting my time on someone who'd rather be angry about a slogan bcause it's just to mean to the thin-skinned cops and their admirers.
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