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Oh yeah? But what about Gordon, huh? lol lulz lol lulz
HA! Beat ya!
I like the film noir look- very Maltese Falcon, or airbrushed mural on the side of a late 70’s van with no windows at Sturgis.
And a very valid point is raised about dirty cops. Not a big fan of the post 9/11 militarization of cops. No, I don’t feel safer- I feel less safe for it.
Let’s use the Patriot Act’s core tenets against cops “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide”, or how about
“If you see something (a cop doing wrong), say something”.
We need to transfer some of the police budget to affordable housing to allow us to pass out pink slips based on possible cause while reducing desperation induced crime. Affordable housing and city contraception funding both prevent more crime per dollar than police, and they prevent far more violence per dollar, since much police violence does not constitute crime.
Argh, that’s the point I strive to make- police violence is crime. Unchecked authority by the po po is no different than ceding all law enforcement to Brown Shirts.