BonesOfTheMoon
blackn1ghtSerious question: What’s the leftists position on police in the ideal but realistic socialist world? What would make ACAB irrelevant?
Probably some combination of:
Require them to have a 4 year degree No qualified immunity Make them also liable to civil suits Heavily slash their budget Disarm all of them, save maybe for SWAT much, much better descalation training (pretty sure they’re trained to escalate immediately)
How are you gonna slash their budget if you add so many requirements and remove benefits? By default that will mean there will be less interest in being a cop, which means you’ll have to offer a quite substantial increase in pay to compensate. And in most places there already is a shortage of cops.
My apologies, I submitted a comment regarding that elsewhere. By slashing their budget, I meant to say: divert it to other positions like to social workers so issues with mental health crises wouldn’t introduce excessive force. I think police really should be focused on the Public Servant part.