TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoBakersfield Police used a live cat as target practice for cops in a Kern County park in March of 2024. Sheriff admits they killed a cat as training sportold.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBakersfield Police used a live cat as target practice for cops in a Kern County park in March of 2024. Sheriff admits they killed a cat as training sportold.reddit.comTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squaretacticalsugar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agoThe police are militarized state violence. They enforce the will of the state through the use of violence. That’s not something that can be reformed because it’s inherent to policing. Any effective reform would lead to police not being police.
The police are militarized state violence. They enforce the will of the state through the use of violence. That’s not something that can be reformed because it’s inherent to policing. Any effective reform would lead to police not being police.