Entire police department in Minnesota resigns - eviltoast
The Goodhue City Council held a meeting on Monday to discuss options for police coverage following the entire department's resignation.

The Goodhue Police Department resigned due to issues with the city’s pay, Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck said at a city council meeting Monday.

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
    48·
    1 year ago

    I believe that racism is rampant throughout all of humanity and causes abuses in our police force quite often, yes. But just like using all other generalizations, I don’t believe you are automatically a white, male, virgin, glasses wearing, over weight, etc just because you are on lemmy having a conversation.

    If we tell ourselves all cops are such, it leaves no room to fix any of the issues. It builds hate, mistrust, and increases problems. Getting rid of the police completely isn’t the solution even if we want a large reformat. No police would enter mafia/gang run very quickly, there is just to much money and not enough risk to not do so.

    • _wintermute@lemmy.world
      32·
      1 year ago

      No police would enter mafia/gang run very quickly, there is just to much money and not enough risk to not do so.

      From one gang to another. Seems good. I’ll take the gang without federal/state government backed military equipment, drones, legal and nearly impervious unionization and command of the legal system, etc etc.

      Edit: almost forgot about the blank check they have to get around encrypted communications and devices etc. All legal mind you.

    • negativeyoda@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 year ago

      Well.

      If it walks like a pig and talks like a pig… these stereotypes must have just bamfed into reality?

      Your solution is to checks notes be polite to them? Fuck outta here with that noise. ACAB a a rallying cry has gotten traction and is finally putting pressure on those assholes to be accountable.

      We’ve tried time and time again to reform the police, to censure them… it’s never gotten better. It’s horrifically worse in a lot of ways today. The police in my city have been sued by the federal government, and it’s going as well as you’d expect

      Growing up as a 17 year old who listened to punk rock who wanted to drink and be a shit 17 year old, I hated the police. As a 47 year old homeowner and parent, my hatred of the policy’s brutality and lack of accountability is thousands of times more intense.