THREAD: The problems with police are different from what we're usually told. The issue is not a few "bad apples." (1)
It's not “bad apples" who quintupled the US incarceration rate. It's not "bad apples" who have led this country to cage Black people at six times the rate of South Africa at the height of Apartheid. (2)
It's not “bad apples" who buy tanks and grenade launchers and facial recognition databases for themselves or who invented cash bail. It's not “bad apples" who cage disproportionately Black people for not having safe places to live or medical care for their addiction. (3)
As I explain in this article, the good cops are the ones executing these intentional social policies. (4) https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/good-police-bad-apples.html
What Does It Mean to Be a “Good Cop”?

Reforms that target “bad apples” are missing the point.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/good-police-bad-apples.html
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