Democrats were THIS CLOSE to backing meaningful “police reform” (whatever that means, body cams for the body cams? banning chokeholds for the fourth time?) but those meddling defund kids messed it. Otherwise it would have absolutely been a real thing that would have happened
8cantwait were a series of “requirements” state and city lawmakers would insist police departments would suggest to police they abide by. Several of which were already on the books for years and no one ever followed already
Theres a sophisticated perma-reform regime of PR firms, partisan hack think tanks & nonprofit limited hangouts specifically set up to waterdown reform efforts thats been around for decades & it’d be good if the “defund is too far” crowd would at least try & engage w/ this reality
The thing is we have an A-B test for this theory. Eric Adams is said to be the SENSIBLE refomer, who aggressively and openly hated “defund” but was a “Real reformer” who would get practical reform through. So I will circle back to this tweet in a year and see what he gets done
The NYT told us during the primary that Adams “supports police reform” but since his election has hinted he will oppose the already modest and watered down bail reform and has openly called for bringing back the notorious “jump out boys” who were disbanded in 2020
This is sort of one of the main criticisms of “reform” framing, it’s that it means nothing and carries with it absolutely zero politically commitments and Donald Trump supports “police reform” and is deliberately vague
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