@matiu_bidule

Hello. Terribly sorry my French is so bad, and I have to write in English.

I haven't read the article you're referring to yet, but I thought I'd comment about this post.

We want them to arrest Bernie Madoff wannabes, a mob boss, a child molester, a serial killer, someone waving a knife at a crowd, hatecrime thugs, etc.

But let's replace the institution Why?: Their concern for property over people; the rightwing hate towards everyone who doesn't look like cis het gentile neoliberal/centre-right wealthy #Macron...demonising the marginalised; putting out the eyes of protesters and attacking journalists during une manif; killercops, etc.

The original purpose of the institution has never evapourated: Protect the elite/the entrenched and their property from... those who are not as fortunate and from the children of the elite who don't want to perpetuate elitism.

That institutional mentality never went away. Doesn't matter how many women, LGBTQ+ people, POCs, etc the police hire, the institution remains the same and often cops who are POCs, Jews, LGBTQ+, Muslims, and women are targeted by their colleagues.

So, we need a practical sensible way to #DefundThePolice, and #REPLACEThePolice with something BETTER.

#ACAB #FUCKthePolice #RemplacerLaPolice

@KashifShah @msquebanh
I don’t think the current US police CAN be reformed. They are largely a part of generational bigotry (“police families”) and have created a work culture to match. They have no legal requirement to help people in the US. They have little to no accountability for the abuses they commit. They put training money into learning how to be more, not less, lethal. You can’t start with people who don’t value the lives of other humans and expect that they will improve if you throw money at them or give them even more discretion to be terrible. And the police union is the only one that I absolutely will not support, as it has repeatedly sheltered murderers and protected officers who should be in prison for their crimes.

The whole enforcement system needs to be reworked with very small and heavily accountable armed forces only for actual emergencies. A larger group of unarmed civilians who are qualified witnesses can deal with petty crime complaints, minor vehicle accidents, small crimes, etc. where the threat level is low and paperwork needs to be filed. They can call in help if needed, but the vast majority of police work is this kind of thing. And also give a much more active role for various government agencies to step in with assistance to tackle root causes. And create a robust low cost and free mental health system to help those who need it, instead of putting them in jail (to die in some places).

And active policing like license plate scanners connected to databases of regular people’s movements, cell phone call interceptors (stingrays) at malls and outdoor gatherings, and other major time-wasting and privacy violating technology should be stopped. Local cops don’t need facial recognition cameras at peaceful public protests or large public events, ffs!

And has been pointed out to me today, a retrained call center is vital to properly classify and describe situations before the correct people are dispatched. These are front-line workers and should be trained and treated as professionals.

#ACAB
#ReplaceThePolice
#HomesForAll
#MentalHealthUS
#EndQualifiedImmunity

Our entire system of policing is flawed and designed to protect wealthy white people and their property from everyone else. Police “reform”, “community-based” policing, have all failed because the police have no desire to be reformed and see the community as the enemy. They have a fortress mentality and are expanding their kingdom however they can.

#ReplaceThePolice with real community services.

Gift link to WaPo story about the lies that police write in their reports:
https://wapo.st/3HEwr2V

@stopgopfox
“One bad apple spoils the barrel.”
#ReplaceThePolice

@eric
#ReplaceThePolice

@Xavier
Getting a warrant doesn’t require anything but a request from the police to the judge these days, so that’s only the appearance of protection. We need new government agencies and a small law enforcement body who is actually educated on the laws that they are supposed to enforce. And real consequences for their abuses of power.
#ReplaceThePolice

* If you are going to a protest take a burner phone and don’t log in to any of your accounts, even if it seems peaceful.

TIL about 988, the new nationwide mental health crisis line that has the potential to take 20% of cops' current (unnecessary, inappropriate) workload away from them:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/15/1111316589/988-suicide-hotline-number

#acab #defundthepolice #replacethepolice