Why are we imprisoning people for these "crimes?" Are they really crimes? What other ways do we have to address threats to public health and safety than cops and prisons? Why are armed agents the first point of contact for minor enforcement and non-violent disputes?
Well your experience differs from mine. You might know of someone hit by a car, I have friends who were killed, raped, assaulted , and framed by cops. My life has different dangers than yours, it's a generational divide. You didn't grow up worrying about being shot by police.
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I grew up in Texas in the 1970s. Please don't tell me that. We addressed the cops with "yessir," and "no sir." When I got to CA, the cops were taken aback by that.
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My first day in San Francisco the cops rioted against people living with AIDS, cracking skulls, as ACTUP sought to march in the streets: http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Remembering_A_Police_Riot:_The_Castro_Sweep_of_October_6,_1989 …
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