Minneapolis ablaze after prosecutor suggests no crime was committed by cops who killed George Floyd

[gracchus]

@stinkyfoot

we can’t ignore that giving the wrong people an uniform and a gun is what kills people

Look at the list posted here.

The cop who killed George Floyd has a long record of police brutality

This long Twitter thread recommending ways that American cities can start reining in police violence and clearing out bad cops like Chauvin is relevant. A summary of the items on the list. None of these should impact the ability of the police to do their jobs in a liberal democracy; taken together they’ll make a career in policing in the U.S. very unattractive to white supremacists and sociopathic thugs… Abolish qualified immunity [An informal judicial doctrine that prevents a police office…

There are plenty of ways proposed there to discourage violent thugs from joining the police force, but “drug testing for steroids” doesn’t make the list at all.