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    From the people who murdered Breonna Taylor

    https://twitter.com/joesonka/status/1341761064418066434

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      ^ WTF?
      That’s some real fascist shit on the right.

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        There is a great deal of fascistic imagery in US law enforcement

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          https://twitter.com/yamiche/status/1346567537958543368

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            They really don't care.

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              They care a lot about protecting killer cops

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                I have to say, alt-rights burning their blue lives matter flags after a single bad run-in with riot police is particularly delicious.

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                  There will be many more of these

                  https://twitter.com/seattletimes/status/1347789115748720641

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                    https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1355885632741134337

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                      ursus, this is a carry on from other threads but what can be done? What can Biden do?

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                        That is a rather massive question, especially given the thousands of police departments involved and the principle that they should be subject to local control.

                        But one thing that the Department of Justice can do is to restart its investigations and convictions of racist police departments, which had unsurprisingly been halted by the previous administration.

                        The administration could also suspend or eliminate the programmes which provide surplus war materiel like armoured personnel carriers to police departments, preferably as part of a completely new approach to Federal funding for local law enforcement.

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                          https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1355991285136564226

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                            Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
                            But one thing that the Department of Justice can do is to restart its investigations and convictions of racist police departments, which had unsurprisingly been halted by the previous administration.
                            Is the notion of an impartial Ombudsman-like figure, to whom citizens could report police infractions, too alien to US culture?

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                              Having dealt with the version over here, it's obviously alien to UK culture...

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                                We have "Civilian Review Boards" that are largely ineffective

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                                  They are ineffective because the unions fight to keep them that way.

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                                    And the politicians are terrified of the unions and easily demagogued voters
                                    Last edited by ursus arctos; 31-01-2021, 23:36.

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                                      https://twitter.com/jeligon/status/1356888535261970432

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                                        https://twitter.com/colinkalmbacher/status/1357127181227282432

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                                          https://twitter.com/samswey/status/1357839259521097730

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                                            I would like to apologise on behalf of all Irish people and our descendents.

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                                              I’m not sure how to interpret that. To some extent, it reflects disparities in policing, but it also reflects the disparity in poverty and opportunity and I don’t see how one is supposed to sort that out.

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                                                They all reflect the impact of centuries of structural racism

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                                                  https://twitter.com/holmescnn/status/1360008741001781258

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                                                    https://twitter.com/harikunzru/status/1363568937686994951?s=21

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