The George Floyd Case Discussion Thread

[A Black Falcon]

The idea that "every police officer is corrupt" is utterly absurd. There are many racist police officers, and many police departments full of right-wing racists, but most of what the police do in stopping crime is necessary and good.

It IS policie procedure ABF

I wasn't just saying that, that action is from what I've read not official procedure.

But if you want to expand it, there is no way that "murder brown people" is official police procedure anywhere in this country. Not that openly. It is something that some racists do, and sometimes get away with because of their position as police officers. And yeah, that kind of person has far too much presence in the police in this nation, that much is clear. And it's also clear that police unions do their best to protect their worst people, which is pretty awful. We need to live in a society where the racists and killers can't get away with that kind of thing.

But blaming all people for the actions of some is wrong, and is also obviously inaccurate. I am sure that most police officers in this nation did not join the force to oppress minorities... theyr did so to make a living or protect their communities I would think. And most of what they're doing is exactly that.

But as is quite obvious the protesters have a lot of very valid points to make, and I hope we soon see significant change in policing to make things equally fair for all Americans and not biased against minorities. However, the extremist "defund/destroy the police!" stuff some protesters are saying would lead to a worse society than the one we have now. Saying "criminals, do whatever you want!" would be a horrendous disaster no society would tolerate. Reform is certainly needed though, probably with outside influences to try to tear down the institutional racism in parts of the police.