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MY city has a PERFECT police department. Maybe all the black people should move here and stop complaining about it...
Hello Mr:
Dude. I didn't know I could get under your skin like that.. Take a chill pill, wouldja?
excon
"Is it time for the feds to take over local police departments?"
No, however, organizations such as The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., (CALEA®) a community police credentialing authority should have their programs audited by a federal authority to ensure the joint efforts of law enforcement are truly uniform from across jurisdictions.
(BTW: the CALEA's major executive associations are:)
But their programs differ by region based on local resources that are available. I other words, there is no uniform procedures.
No, I think local law enforcement is one function where the arguments about federalism are valid.
HOWEVER, I think there is a valid role for the federal government to provide greater oversight and enforce accountability upon local law enforcment entities. History suggests social/demographic pressures often turn local law enforcement agencies into mechanisms of abuse and discrimination (cf. Ferguson, MO and a cast of thousands).
Assuming that you're right about the system being institutionally racist, it's logical to assume it's present all the way up the chain of command. Why wouldn't it be?
It is already official policy to treat everyone equally. Why would federalization change anything? What do you expect the (miraculously non racist) feds to do differently? If the police at street level have prejudices, there are going to be problems and nothing the higher ups do is going to change that.
The reality is that black people are responsible for disproportionately more crime. Not racially profiling makes law enforcement less effective. Profiling is prohibited because we have decided that principles are more important than the effectiveness of law enforcement. We would rather live a free country with slightly more crime than a police state with slightly less crime.
I think federalization would make the situation worse. Centralization creates a seat of power. Seats of power attract the ambitious. The ambitious care more about success than principles.
" What's clear is that police protection is anything but equal".....LMAO ! Other than a few high profile shootings, fueled by the media's feeding frenzy, what's the issue ?
Hello AS:
I guess the word systemic, means it's system wide.. And, of course, it mostly is. Plus, you're right about it going all the way to the top. But, top people CAN be changed. And, I agree further, that it already IS policy.. But, the policy is NOT being enforced.
Look. I'm not speaking in the abstract.. Execution, and leadership is HARD. It's especially hard when you're up against a poisonous culture... To that, I say SO??? It's DOABLE.. There ARE police forces that DO it.. I've experienced them..
Look.. I understand you think black people are somehow less civil than white people, and that belief forms the underpinnings of your posts.. Let me be clear, I couldn't DISAGREE more... I will NEVER make you love black people, and you will NEVER make me hate them. But, rather than talk about our prejudices, let's talk about what's happening on the ground.
excon
I don't believe there are any INTRINSIC differences between black people and white people. I consider race about as significant as eye colour. However I do think there are cultural differences.
Not all cultures are of equal worth. Some cultures provide a solid foundation for liberty, achievement and prosperity and some don't. African American culture is a train wreck and there is simply no hope for African Americans until they come out of it.
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/rules
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_while_black
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joshua-adams/fear-is-killing-blacks-mo_b_7429168.html
Just because you cover your eyes and chant, "La La La! We live in an Awesome Post-Racial Society" doesn't make it true.
Hello again, El:
I shall defer to OS, above.
excon
Hello again, AS:
That's different than what you said earlier, how??? I got it. They're culture is INFERIOR to whites..
excon
Do black people even have "a culture of their own". Most I have met seemed just as American as anyone else. What is it based on? their slavery heritage?
More like 'several hundred shootings', in the past 15 years alone. It is not "just A few". Do your homework.
GREAT idea, because the Federal government is perfect.
We don't need no stinkin' checks and balances. And besides, their track record is to kill white citizens in the name of press coverage, so far . . .
A Federally run police force would make sense, The military is Federally run already, and where is fails it is usually due to orders from the federal authorities. eg: "Lets restart the gulf war in Iraq to look for some VMDs that I think is there.". In most nations policework is a responsibility of the government. In the US The outrage at the current 'epidemic' of police malfeacance is so strong it would have led to a change in government in most other nations (or to some affirmative action, more likely.)
Cultural superiority has nothing to do with racial superiority. You're conflating race and culture. Race is genetic. Culture is a social construct.
Racism is the belief that a race is INTRINSICALLY inferior to another race (i.e. genetic inferiority).
The superiority of some cultures over others is just blindingly obvious and it has nothing to do with race.
Hello AS:
Lemme see. You're NOT talking about black people, but you ARE talking about their culture?? Color me confused...
excon
Hello, again:
When the feds find that a police force violates citizens civil rights, they sue the department in federal court. Generally, the jurisdiction settles and enters into a consent decree promising change, and is monitored by the court, and they don't dismiss the action until the jurisdiction proves itself.
So, if they can sue ONE police force, why can't they sue ALL of 'em - every single one??
excon
Two op-ed pieces from known liberal publications and a Wikipedia "article" on the colloquialism of "driving while black" are not facts that back the counter-assertion.
And that is statistically significant when compared with ? ? ? Maybe you had better be doing your homework for a change.
i think they should fire cops that are going around killing people instead of protecting them
