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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-01-17 03:26 pm

[ SECRET POST #2936 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2936 ⌋

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Re: I think people are unfairly targeting the police

(Anonymous) 2015-01-17 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"The symptoms of racism cause real harm to real people, and should be dealt with in tandem with the cause."

Agreed…just, I think people are unfairly singling out/targeting the police. I don't think they're any worse than huge swathes of the American public at large. Their jobs, though, mean that their decisions tend to have consequences that actually resonate outwards. Compared to Joe Smith in marketing at least.

And while I agree that treating the symptoms isn't bad, the symptoms are still going to re-appear unless you hit the source.

Re: I think people are unfairly targeting the police

(Anonymous) 2015-01-17 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't think they're any worse than huge swathes of the American public at large."

The problem is that the police are supposed to be held to a higher standard than that huge, violent swathe. That's why teachers tell kids not to talk to strangers, but that they can go to a cop for help. If we are going to give the police the authority to use deadly force if necessary, it has to be with the expectation that they will use some discretion and common sense when exercising that authority. If they can't, then they need to not be police.