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by aeturnum
4515 days ago
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I'm not the person you're replaying to and I don't think that someone should be arrested in the described situation, but I think the logic follows like this. Police are the people we've put in charge with keeping public order. In the course of that job, they're going to arrest and / or detain people. We want them to always detain the right people, but even a very good police department will detain the wrong people sometimes. So, we give the authority to individual officers to detain people, and we don't second guess their decisions at the time. Of course, this system only works when there is a functioning review system. Where the policed populace feels like their concerns are listened to by the authority figures. Where officers who misbehave, even by the loose standards of american police, are publicly disciplined. None of these things are common in modern america - but you can still believe in the right for police to detain people and push for better accountability. I think you should consider how much you are reading into statements before you ascribe particular views to people. You both agree the author was treated deplorably, and you both agree (I assume) that police can do better. |
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If anything, they get to take paid time off until they are cleared of wrongdoing.
There are no citizen review boards with teeth. There is no way that police departments can self-regulate.