Mayors could end that in a heartbeat by firing the police chief and other top brass in the department and setting new standards. If you are more rural a lot of times you have even more power and directly elect sheriffs.
Comment on I hear a lot of "ACAB", why don't I hear "APAB"? (P as in Politician)
judgyweevil@feddit.it 3 days ago
You see politicians disagreeing with each others, protesting, calling out bad politics etc. You almost never see policemen refusing their orders or stopping violent colleagues. If they do, they get fired, so saying ACAB doesn’t include them
spacecadet@lemm.ee 2 days ago
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There’s just enough disagreement and “infighting” to make people think their guy is the good guy and the other is the bad guy.
When you look at the overall picture, however, things start standing out.
There was much complaining and gnashing of teeth by most Democrats, and even a few Republicans, when the Bush era Patriot Act was pushed through. One particular Democratic politician even ran on the promise of eliminating it.
Guess what? It wasn’t eliminated.
Same thing with war and attacking other nations on their own sovereign soil.
It’s still happening, and it never stops, no matter which party is in control of the US government.
“But the other side does it more than we do!”
HOW ABOUT NEITHER SIDE DOES IT! HOW ABOUT WE MIND OUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS!