@9G5C5J66mos6MO
While the police do need to be monitored & reformed to make policing by consent the standard, abolishing the police doesn’t help reduce crime or improve social outcomes
@9LMZPJK6 days6D
Only 40% of people trust the police as of 2023. I beleive thus would go down if the police carried military grade weapons. Only 29 of the 602 homicides in the UK between 22/23 were done using firearms.
@9K2J9R42mos2MO
An Emory University did a multi-year meta study analysing the effects of militarising the police in the United States and showed no link between the militarisation and reduction in crime. THis shows pretty conclusively that such policies have nothing to do with reality and are purely vibes based.
@9FLCRN97mos7MO
Many police have mental health issues that cause them to become derailed due to the services they have to provide.
@9FJYPW67mos7MO
People if colour are ten times more likely to be stopped and searched by police, now imagine how many more people of colour would be unjustly killed if those police were armed
@9GTXK2H6mos6MO
look at the troubles in northern ireland where irish citizens seen officers with machine guns as provocative and threatening, when the machine guns went away after gfa peace has been matained in the majority for 26 years
People if colour are ten times more likely to be stopped and searched by police, now imagine how many more people of colour would be unjustly killed if those police were armed
@9FLDRSG7mos7MO
The police have sufficient training and equipment to enforce the law. They also have the ability to use limited force to detain someone. The use of any lethal weapons should not be generalised amongst the police force but only limited to specialised units who are specifically trained for high risk situations.
@9FLDB287mos7MO
Their main abuse of their weapons has killed innocent victims: black people / gay people / disabled people. They should not use military weapons as then it increases their power and people will be scared of them.
@9GHGJSM6mos6MO
People of colour are ten times more likely to be stopped and searched by police, now imagine how many more people of colour would be unjustly killed if those police were armed. Serious consequences to police who use their armour inadequately.
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