Certain Problems in practice become clear however. In summary with case studies following 1. police departments in practice are venal af and this should offend anyone who desires Good Government 2. police are incredibly unnecessarily violent 3. police endure no accountability
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case study: nepotism and impunityhttps://news.vice.com/en_us/article/ne9j5b/do-police-get-out-of-jail-cards-really-work …
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there are videos, I'm not going to post them but go wild just go wild watching cops shoot sweet dogs docile when they break down doors as a matter of course
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case study: cops who """"rescue""""""" sex workers basically just get paid to rape them on taxpayer dime and use sex trafficking that doesnt happen to drum up funding I wrote half a thesis on this shit when it was outlawed in HI police were piiiiiisedhttps://time.com/38444/hawaii-police-prostitutes-sex/ …
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cops run extortion rackets remarkably, these were prosecuted this is Unusualhttps://www.cnn.com/2014/07/30/justice/philadelphia-police-corruption/index.html …
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police routinely lie under oath everyone's cool with thishttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/nyregion/testilying-police-perjury-new-york.html …
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why dont all of the Good Police Officers do anything idkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Serpico …
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wow but surely this is unusual surely Upright Citizens have nothing to fear!!!!https://www.salon.com/2013/07/10/militarized_police_overreach_oh_god_i_thought_they_were_going_to_shoot_me_next%E2%80%9D/ …
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Relatively straightforward in the case of prostitution for adults: decriminalize prostitution. It's much thornier for underage paid sex, where there are only bad options. Outside of that things get harder. There are lots of bandaids that can be applied, but hard . . .
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Replying to @eigenrobot @m_t_patton
to cover everything with a single change (and implementation will always be a political nightmare). One possible measure is forcing police to carry liability insurance for individual officers--this has been discussed but I think never executed.
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