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RACISM
Why Does Society Let Police Kill Citizens Under the Guise of Public Safety?
We've been fed a lie that police know best
Modern-day policing is abusive, condescending, and ineffective. Police are nothing like the heroes your children see on Paw Patrol, and they certainly don't prevent crimes from occurring. Police solve approximately 2% of major crimes in the United States. Yet if you suggest defunding police to facilitate accountability or to reassess our priorities, you'll be quickly dismissed as a good-for-nothing radical who doesn't understand how this world works. Yet, every day, the police kill approximately three people. In the aftermath of the racial reckoning, police departments have either refused or failed to implement reforms that change the relationship between police and the communities they claim to serve.
When you are in an abusive relationship, your abuser will often try to convince you that you're confused about the events that occurred or that violence is a necessary evil. Police are no different. Even after all the violence and chaos police bring to the table, they have the audacity to try to convince the public that policing doesn't need to change, and their departments need more money, more weapons, and more officers on the streets to keep us safe. But as a Francis Ford Coppola fan…
