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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 12:15 am[personal profile] darkoshi
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I am disappointed that so many police officers have been responding to protests against policy brutality with... police brutality. It becomes hard to believe that not all police officers are thugs, when seeing reports like that. Yet I know there are good ones out there too; one has to maintain some hope.

Then again, if police departments are training the goodness out of the good ones, and/or firing them for being good, of course all they'll (we'll) end up with are bad ones.

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The upcoming Democratic primary here in Richland County includes a race between the incumbent county sheriff, Leon Lott, and two other candidates. In general, my opinion of Lott is positive. But one reason I decided not to vote for him is that he is against outside agencies like SLED from investigating any officer-involved shootings.
Richland County sheriff defends investigating his own officers who shoot at, kill suspects

Even in a news report aired on TV today, he reiterated that stance. (Though I can't find it online, so I can't be sure it was really that recent.)

Date: 2020-06-12 12:43 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] lhexan
lhexan: down with the social structure (down with the social structure)
Insisting that there's a huge, vital difference between "most" and "all" is a reliable sign that one has become doctrinaire.

Politics is a known intellectual blind spot for me, so I generally just keep quiet on that topic. Still, I hope one day my online circle comes to realize that one can be anti-capitalist without being Marxist. :P
Edited Date: 2020-06-12 01:13 pm (UTC)

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