Two law professors just wrote this LA Times op-ed proposing various police reforms.
Who asked for these? This is another example of reform professionals offering prescriptions to strengthen policing with no accountability to those who will be harmed. latimes.com/opinion/story/…
Who asked for these? This is another example of reform professionals offering prescriptions to strengthen policing with no accountability to those who will be harmed. latimes.com/opinion/story/…
The first author is @barryfriedman1. What base is he accountable to?
His sole link to LA that we're aware of is @LAPoliceFdtn paying him $18,000 to help sanitize and legitimize LAPD's body cam surveillance. You would think an op-ed about policing might mention this payment.
His sole link to LA that we're aware of is @LAPoliceFdtn paying him $18,000 to help sanitize and legitimize LAPD's body cam surveillance. You would think an op-ed about policing might mention this payment.
The op-ed’s main proposal is legislation standardizing police use of force, probably the ALI model bill @barryfriedman1 wrote.
Well, California two years ago enacted a bill that ALI claims is based on this model. Police here then killed more people in 2020 than 2019 and 2018.
Well, California two years ago enacted a bill that ALI claims is based on this model. Police here then killed more people in 2020 than 2019 and 2018.
Does @barryfriedman1's op-ed say if these laws actually reduce police killings? Of course not.
Police reformers never face accountability for their choices. They just move on and collect more checks, often from police hiring them as shock absorbers to deflect our criticism.
Police reformers never face accountability for their choices. They just move on and collect more checks, often from police hiring them as shock absorbers to deflect our criticism.
Why do reformers keep thinking this shit will work? Reform is a utopian fantasy. Policing’s purpose is to dominate and harm. Its roots are enslavement and imperialism. It will always be harmful.
The op-ed concludes by asking the feds to take "more responsibility" in improving local policing. Since @barryfriedman1 and @rharmonlaw are police reform scholars, we ask: is there ANY history of federal intervention NOT directing more resources and power to police? Ever?
Scholars including Naomi Murakawa and Elizabeth Hinton have documented the federal government’s decades-long role in expanding the power and resources of local police, often in the name of "reform."
When will reformers learn?
When will reformers learn?
There is no such thing as good policing. Our people do not want to be policed.
Black and brown people braved batons and tear gas last summer to demand that cities defund police and invest in our lives. Yet reform professionals keep claiming we want "better” policing. WE DON'T.
Black and brown people braved batons and tear gas last summer to demand that cities defund police and invest in our lives. Yet reform professionals keep claiming we want "better” policing. WE DON'T.
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