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Three Specific Ways to Fix Bad Policing: a thread.
To improve policing, we must end long-running policies that incentivize bad behavior and break down trust between the police and the public. These include:
* Ending Abusive Fines & Fees
* Ending Civil Forfeiture
* Ending Qualified Immunity https://ij.org/press-release/three-specific-ways-to-fix-bad-policing/?utm_campaign=badpolicingrelease&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_source=Native+Social
* Ending Abusive Fines & Fees
* Ending Civil Forfeiture
* Ending Qualified Immunity https://ij.org/press-release/three-specific-ways-to-fix-bad-policing/?utm_campaign=badpolicingrelease&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_source=Native+Social
Ending Abusive Fines & Fees: municipalities nationwide raise exorbitant revenue from fines and fees, in some cases structuring entire city budgets around how much money they can get from fining residents.
Read more about this practice nationwide here: https://ij.org/report/fines-and-fees-home/
Read more about this practice nationwide here: https://ij.org/report/fines-and-fees-home/
Infractions can be beyond petty. In Pagedale, MO residents could be fined for mismatched curtains, having their pants too low, and more.
“You can’t expect people to trust a system that treats them like walking ATMs,” said IJ Sr. Atty Bill Maurer. https://ij.org/press-release/three-specific-ways-to-fix-bad-policing/?utm_campaign=badpolicingrelease&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_source=Native+Social
“You can’t expect people to trust a system that treats them like walking ATMs,” said IJ Sr. Atty Bill Maurer. https://ij.org/press-release/three-specific-ways-to-fix-bad-policing/?utm_campaign=badpolicingrelease&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_source=Native+Social
Ending Civil Forfeiture: civil forfeiture gives law enforcement financial incentive to violate your rights, allowing them to take and keep ppl's property w/o ever charging them with a crime! It took a #SCOTUS victory and MORE for Tyson to get his car back. https://ij.org/press-release/14-months-after-u-s-supreme-court-victory-tyson-timbs-wins-civil-forfeiture-case/
“Law enforcement agencies have taken in literally billions of dollars through civil forfeiture, the vast majority of which was never tied to any criminal activity," said IJ Sr. Atty Darpana Sheth.
IJ's Dick Carpenter delivered an entire @TEDTalks on it:
IJ's Dick Carpenter delivered an entire @TEDTalks on it:
Ending #QualifiedImmunity: a legal doctrine giving gov’t officials a free pass to violate your rights as long as they do so in a new way. As a result, in recent years officers have stolen cash, destroyed homes and shot children—all without consequence. https://ij.org/press-release/beyond-george-floyd-how-qualified-immunity-enables-bad-policing/?utm_campaign=qirelease&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_source=Native+Social
"If we want to deescalate the abuses we are seeing among law enforcement nationwide, we must abolish qualified immunity,” says IJ Sr. Atty Bob McNamara.
Watch him and IJ's President Scott Bullock discuss what exactly #QualifiedImmunity is here:
Watch him and IJ's President Scott Bullock discuss what exactly #QualifiedImmunity is here:
To learn more about these three key ways to fix bad policing, increase #PoliceAccountability, and more, visit us here: https://ij.org/press-release/three-specific-ways-to-fix-bad-policing/?utm_campaign=badpolicingrelease&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_source=Native+Social
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