Drasvin CorsarisOct 23, 2024
Jonathan Korman

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Our police do not carry firearms, because a firearm is an explicit threat of lethal force. If our police routinely carried firearms, then that would be telling both them and the citizens they encounter that the job of a police officer is to kill people. It makes them soldiers, not law enforcement.

[They] are also trained to believe that it’s their job to risk their lives for others — like firefighters — so they should always prioritise saving the lives of others.
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https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/non-violence-as-a-societal-value/

Non-violence as a societal value

Web dev at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

Oct 22, 2024 at 5:35pmWeb
Show threadSpockoOct 22, 2024
@Miniver
GREAT insight!
"Our police do not carry firearms, because a firearm is an explicit threat of lethal force. If our police routinely carried firearms, then that would be telling both them and the citizens they encounter that the job of a police officer is to kill people. It makes them soldiers, not law enforcement."
The whole article is fascinating!
#AI training models, #policing, #guns & different cultures perception of safety in the history #Iceland
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/non-violence-as-a-societal-value/
Non-violence as a societal value

Web dev at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

Show threadCavyherdOct 23, 2024

@Miniver

CW link to Xitter:

I found this discussion of the origins & evolution of US policing really enlightening. (Also terrifying. & horrifying.)

Show threadJan KofroňOct 23, 2024
@Miniver sure, but have seen the Demolition Man movie? Yes, it is fiction, but the message of unarmed police applies here quite well... Unfortunately, indeed!