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diff --git a/content/entry/why-i-dont-trust-police-and-neither-should-you.md b/content/entry/why-i-dont-trust-police-and-neither-should-you.md index b1b0683..935b4d7 100644 --- a/content/entry/why-i-dont-trust-police-and-neither-should-you.md +++ b/content/entry/why-i-dont-trust-police-and-neither-should-you.md @@ -9,25 +9,25 @@ This writing only applies to cops in the United States. In other countries, the Here's a non-comprehensive list of 20 reasons you shouldn't trust police either (in no particular order): * Police defend each others' bad behavior, almost without exception. [The ones who don't end up getting fired or worse](https://www.theroot.com/the-price-a-cop-paid-for-crossing-the-blue-line-1790858428). -* [Police plant evidence.](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Kathryn_Johnston) +* [Police plant evidence.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Kathryn_Johnston) * Police union contracts arbitrarily restrict investigating officer misconduct. * [72% of police agree poorly performing officers are not held accountable for their actions.](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/01/11/behind-the-badge/#fn-22351-1) * [More than half of police say their job has made them more callous.](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/01/11/behind-the-badge/#fn-22351-1) * [Police steal more from the innocent than do thieves.](https://yewtu.be/embed/ZWvh8Ttd9eA?local=true) * [Police mistake everyday objects for guns.](https://yewtu.be/embed/sP7f96dE6Pg?local=true) -* [Police can search your home without your knowledge or consent if they suspect terrorism. You can be put on a terror watch list for almost anything and it's nearly impossible to clear your name.](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militarization_of_police#United_States) -* Instead of listening to protesters calling for police reform, [police instead promote the myth that there's a "war on police"](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militarization_of_police#Allegations_of_a_%22war_on_police%22). -* Local police departments use [powerful surveillance technology](https://www.eff.org/issues/street-level-surveillance) to [invade your privacy without a warrant](https://www.eff.org/issues/street-level-surveillance). +* [Police can search your home without your knowledge or consent if they suspect terrorism. You can be put on a terror watch list for almost anything and it's nearly impossible to clear your name.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militarization_of_police#United_States) +* Instead of listening to protesters calling for police reform, [police instead promote the myth that there's a "war on police"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militarization_of_police#Allegations_of_a_%22war_on_police%22). +* Local police departments use [powerful surveillance technology](https://sls.eff.org/) to [invade your privacy without a warrant](https://sls.eff.org/). * Police lying on the witness stand is so rampant it has a name: "[testilying](https://truthout.org/articles/lying-is-a-fundamental-part-of-american-police-culture/)" * [Police training is severely inadequate](https://reflector.uindy.edu/2020/10/07/the-problem-with-police-training-in-the-u-s/). They receive less hours of training than barbers. * [Police can and will lie to you](https://www.snyderlawyer.com/blog/ways-police-can-lie-to-you/), especially if you're ignorant of the law. But if you lie to them, you'll be arrested. * Police have spent 40 years blowing trillions of dollars ruining people's lives over drugs and causing the prison population to explode. All the while [drug use rates have remained constant](https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice/sentencing-reform/war-drugs). -* Police have been lying to children about drugs since the early 80's. The D.A.R.E. program even [encourages children to snitch on their parents](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Abuse_Resistance_Education#Use_of_children_as_informants). +* Police have been lying to children about drugs since the early 80's. The D.A.R.E. program even [encourages children to snitch on their parents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Abuse_Resistance_Education#Use_of_children_as_informants). * [Police infringe upon citizens' freedom to explore their own consciousness through psychedelics.](https://web.archive.org/web/20220118020130if_/https://legalizepsychedelics.com/) * Two 1990's studies showed [police commit domestic violence at significantly higher rates than the national average](https://sites.temple.edu/klugman/2020/07/20/do-40-of-police-families-experience-domestic-violence/). The stats may have changed since, but it's still cause for concern. * [Police officers launder evidence through illegal government surveillance](https://archive.org/details/ParallelReconstruction) to fight the failed war on drugs. * [Police departments partner with scAmazon's corporate mass surveillance network to circumvent your 4th amendment rights.](https://www.cancelring.com/) -* [America has a long history of racist policing.](https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/what-100-years-of-history-tells-us-about-racism-in-policing/) +* [America has a long history of racist policing.](https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/what-100-years-of-history-tells-us-about-racism-in-policing) # Rethinking the Role of Policing in Society I do believe in the institution of policing. But in practice, perverse incentives lead to a toxic police culture and a society where people (rightfully) do not trust the police. We need major police reform here in America. Perhaps I'll explore possible solutions in a future journal entry. |