Police in Farmington, New Mexico, respond to wrong house and kill man there

So you’re ok with a constant deluge of police brutality against BIPOC, against everyone, really? You are OK with a sub-50% close rate on violent crimes, with almost 50% of those convictions incorrect? With several states where that innacurracy feeds a death penalty system where even direct evidence of innocence doesn’t lead to the execution being overturned? While assholes who outright murder people like Kyle Rittenhouse go free? Where for-profit prisons create a perverse incentive towards recidivism and the school-to-prison pipeline?

Did you even read the Brookings Institute link? The proposal makes sense for police, too. They just have to let go of the insane power they wield. Which, as it turns out, is why they fight against accountability so hard. As a group, they don’t want to be good at their job. They want power without accountability. If you’re ok with that you are part of the problem.

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