A couple of years ago I would say All Lives Matter, it took awhile but I understand now.
Black Americans make up 14% of the population, so even though more whites are killed by police, the odds are that a police encounter to turn deadly for me is very low in comparison. The Black Community is obviously targeted by police, innocence is not presumed, whatsoever.
The nature of government is violence, there is no law so petty that they won't kill any of us to enforce.
Government must be reduced back to its constitutional limits; that's a 95%+ cut in the budget and all programs.
Policing should be a private sector service hired directly from the individual community, whether that be something similar to private security firms or local militias like the Black Panthers.
Until then;
- Qualified Immunity must be repealed
- Officers should be required to hold personal liability insurance
- A National blackList of Police officers who have proven to be not fit for duty
- Annual Mental Health assessments
- Privatize Police Unions
- Demilitarize police (why the fuck do they have tanks?)
- Also these police brutality protesters should be openly armed.
The riot police will think twice before firing tear gas and rubber bullets if the thousands of protesters all have AR-15s.
h/t MRB