Enshittification of Policing

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giraffe_lady•about 3 hours ago

> Policing, especially in the United States, has developed a reputation for cruelty in the last decade or two.

Kris Kristofferson was writing songs about the petty cruelty of cops in 1970. Fuck tha Police was released almost 40 years ago. Richard Wright published a novel in 1941 about a man who was tortured into a false confession by police.

The technologies are new and powerful but that's not the issue. The issue is that police are themselves lawless scum who will use any tool at their disposal for whatever harm they feel like inflicting, to who they always inflict it on. We should stop giving them new tools, absolutely. But we also have to stop them.

AndrewKemendo•about 2 hours ago

Agreed. Good luck convincing anyone though precisely for the reason that nothing has improved since the 70s:

The police exist to enforce the laws that drive the consumption economy, making sure that the rich are never inconvenienced by the poor

The police have never once in the history of policing served poor people when it violated the above principle.

In 100% of cases the police serve the governors who are “creating wealth.”

I have worked hand in hand with state local federal law enforcement and can’t count on one hand the badge holders I would trust with an egg.

One FBI agent I worked with for a year or so said the best part of his job was “being able to drive as fast I want anywhere with a bunch of guns in my unmarked car and nobody can do anything about it”

Don’t get me started on the difference in how I was treated by police as a teen when I was with my white mom vs my black dad.

eithed•about 1 hour ago

Is it enshittification, or is USA simply turning into fascist state?

Enshittification of Policing

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