Nah they’re on modified duties, which means desk jobs.
Edit: Misread that. You were talking about the punishment, yeah usually its administrative leave. Or they’re fired (or they quit) but no black marks on their record so they’re able to easily get another law enforcement job somewhere else.
I agree it was rape. However, according to the NY Post and NYtimes articles, the victim was not under age. She was 18 years old. Not legally the rape of a child, just plain old (sarcasm) rape. Just barely not rape of a child. It makes me wonder, if she had been 17, would they have still raped her? The bullshit stupid (I do not have enough words) “she consented” lie (because even if she said yes, she still didn’t consent) would be even more bullshit/stupid/more words if she was legally incapable of consent because of her age.
It’s victim blaming only if you ignore everything else said in the post. moortaktheundea is saying that even if what the officers claim was true (of course it can’t be, because she can’t consent in this instance), they are still admitting to a crime. THEY are the ones accusing her of prostitution and that accusation still makes them guilty of accepting a bribe.
I guess you can say that the cops are victim blaming, was that your point?
Wel, I think it’s easier to fix the police academy admission criteria and its curriculum, than to fix fascism and militarism. For one, they’re much better defined goals, and therefore easier to implement.
Sometimes the harder option is the correct one. This is one of those cases.
What would you suggest for ‘the harder option’? Something like this? Maybe I’m just understanding you wrong. What harder option do you mean (to solve the ‘fascism and militarism problem’)?
It can be debated whether Britain has succeeded at following Peelian principles (In my experience, I don’t believe they have, but some cops here do take them seriously), but Policing by Consent is a key part of it. American PDs do not even attempt to police by consent, they police by coercion.
Harder as in “more difficult”, not “more violent”.
@the_borderer undoubtedly has their own ideas, but this is what I’d argue for in the immediate future:
Sustained, massive, non-violent non-destructive disruptive civil disobedience. Targeted at the money of the 0.01%. Shut the country down.
It isn’t a protest, it’s a revolution.
Once the fascists are out, then we can work on undoing the damage that fascism and militarism have done to America and the world. But first things first.