Anil DashOne thing to understand about police "reform" is that, if you have to teach someone that it's wrong to brutally beat an innocent person to death, you _can't_ actually teach them that it's wrong to brutally beat an innocent person to death.
Josh Adell@anildash Right. But reforming the police doesn't mean abolishing them. It means (in part) putting policy, procedure, and screening in place to ensure people like that don't become police.
@joshadell the police don't actually hire folks who beat innocent people to death; they hire people who wouldn't do that, and then teach them to become that kind of person. So you can't actually put policies in place that make cops not act like cops.
@anildash I disagree. They're training and onboarding processes screen for people who are predisposed to it. Those who aren't quickly wash out either in academy or burn out within the first few years on the job. Those who are left are ones who were bullies and authoritarians to begin with or had it in them to be.
Jordan@anildash @joshadell agree with Anil here. The cops that killed Tyre would not have been people that beat a man to death had they not become police officers. That wouldn’t have been a thing they did if they had become waiters.