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Black women who is a Software Engineer knocked out by Cops

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Re: Black women who is a Software Engineer knocked out by Cops

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Post by a3n »

garyfirestorm wrote: post #5
azinman2 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or these two people did. It’s troubling for sure, but saying Solano County sheriffs have declared open season is a giant leap.

These two and the third one who signed the report. And everyone who’s already not taking actions (for eg their superiors). If law enforcement’a job is not uphold the law then what is it? Why haven’t they already arrested the two and filed a complaint themselves (the County Sheriffs) what’s stopping them?

Too lazy to search, but within the last year I remember a series of podcasts exploring systemic racism from a vaguely reputable source (sorry) that at one point cited a (supreme?) court case where it was established that law enforcement actually has no obligation to "serve and protect", and all other expectations that don't follow from that.

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Post by goldcd »

r00fus wrote: post #19
goldcd wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the systemic racism that organizations are accused of. It doesn't (to me) mean that "everybody in the organization is racist and the whole thing should be disbanded/defunded" though. I take it as simply being that when something like this happens, it's easier for those not involved, good people, to turn a blind eye than stand up for what they know is right. Not a criticism of the individuals, I know I'd find…

There are good cops - and they are rooted out [1] [2]. "Doing the right thing" is a fireable offense, apparently. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/what-polic... [2] https://mfranciswrites.medium.com/5-good-cops-that-got-fired...

Some good links to some infuriating stories.

Maybe what both sides could unite around is an organization that will back up these officers?

~ "The Good Apple Officer Organization"

At the most basic level, could cover the pensions of whistle-blowers - and I'd guess for every story we hear now, would get a dozen more out there.

I genuninely believe most people who join law enforcement want to make the world a better place. Question is simply how can we help them do this?

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Post by atlas_hugged »

blastonico wrote: post #18
4b11b4 wrote: post #9

Fuck the police edit: reading this made me sick

Police is only doing their jobs by arresting criminals. Sure, these people always says they are innocent angels... actually, prisons are full of innocence angels. I stand with the Police.

“These people”

Re: Black women who is a Software Engineer knocked out by Cops

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Post by chrispeel »

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #23
chrispeel wrote: post #15

why is this flagged?

It's political, or at least bordering on it, and therefore not a good candidate for an HN article.

Thanks. I found the FAQ [1] which suggest that items which don't match the guidelines [2], which include political content, can be flagged.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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