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This essay has been kicking around in my head for years now and Ive never felt confident enough to write it. Its a time in my life Im ashamed of. Its a time that I hurt people and, through inaction, allowed others to be hurt. Its a time that I acted as a violent agent of capitalism and white supremacy. Under the guise of public safety, I personally ruined peoples lives but in so doing, made the public no safer
so did the family members and close friends of mine who also bore the badge alongside me.
But enough is enough.
The reforms arent working. Incrementalism isnt happening. Unarmed Black, indigenous, and people of color are being killed by cops in the streets and the police are savagely attacking the people protesting these murders.
American policing is a thick blue tumor strangling the life from our communities and if you dont believe it when the poor and the marginalized say it, if you dont believe it when you see cops across the country shooting journalists with less-lethal bullets and caustic chemicals, maybe youll believe it when you hear it straight from the pigs mouth.
https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard-cop-bb14d17bc759
Long and brutal examination of what the system is and why it is the way it is. Excellent read. Just be aware you might need a drink or three to get through it.
His recommendations are spot on.
underpants
(182,270 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)Warpy
(110,900 posts)but my eyes are not great. Didn't mean to steal your thunder, but this really needs to be seen and read.
His recommendations really are spot on.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)After Occupy a few years ago, and especially after seeing the past couple of weeks of police riots, I will never trust a cop again.
ACAB