“The real roots of black suffering in America don’t lie just with #racism, but also with an unconscionably inadequate social-safety net, underfunded schools, self-interested #police unions that protect bad officers, a disastrous #warondrugs, and a prison-industrial complex whose profiteers feast on human misery. These are massively complicated problems that can’t be addressed with new-age religious ceremonies or self-lacerating Facebook posts from preening white suburbanites.”
https://quillette.com/2020/06/09/for-journalists-the-new-york-times-social-justice-meltdown-is-a-sign-of-things-to-come/
@freemo a recent episode of the #FreeThoughts podcast delves into some of the horrible bad policies that create the bad incentives that contribute to #policebrutality — and also offers some bold ideas for reform:
https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/our-criminal-injustice-system-jason-brennan-chris-surprenant
@tripu I absolutely agree with this, but it also isnt the central problem causing police brutality (though the unions does touch on it)... The central problem is a lack of police accountability and there are several ways in which that happens.
Any real solution must focus on fixing police accountability as a top priority. Social services are a great focus, but it is secondary to the immediate problem.