09-01-2020, 09:58 PM
I think one of the things that is getting lost in this is all the blaming going on. There is no way you can lump in a group of people, be it police, politicians, blacks, whites, any color of our one human race, blame that group and then expect results. There is a lot of blaming going on right now and where we are is where it's gotten us, not far. For years we've been talking about all these movements are at least making people have this discussion. That is literally what comes out of this movement, people like us...talking.
We need accountability in this nation. Our police force has run for way too long without enough accountability. Our politicians have gone far too far without any accountability. After watching that video Dahlsim posted, BLM seems like they haven't been given enough accountability to stop the snowball that is rolling. NRA has no accountability.
We need to get people into office that will boil all these grievances down to specifics so we can get to a state of accountability.
Accountability and specifics, that is how we get to the other side of this.
Defund police? Let's boil that down and get to the specifics of what that actually looks like. Don't like the militarization of the police due to the heavy funding they receive? Where is the money they are receiving going to and how can that be better allocated?
Do you reallocate within the department to increase the training and vetting process for hiring so we don't get racist a-hole good-ole boy cover up artist cops that spoil the bunch? Within that same process increase the pay of policemen and increase the education requirement to get in so the career attracts more men and women who will do right by the badge.
Do we need to reallocate some of those funds to social services so they can build a force well trained and ready to handle some of the more menial calls the police get? What does that look like.
Make some changes, and have the ability to turn away from it if it doesn't work out without having to call a congressional meeting and establish a task force to get to the bottom of it which leaves the process in place for too long.
If we dig down to the root of the problem and come up with ideas to fix it, then test one with an easy way out.
Accountability and specifics.
We need accountability in this nation. Our police force has run for way too long without enough accountability. Our politicians have gone far too far without any accountability. After watching that video Dahlsim posted, BLM seems like they haven't been given enough accountability to stop the snowball that is rolling. NRA has no accountability.
We need to get people into office that will boil all these grievances down to specifics so we can get to a state of accountability.
Accountability and specifics, that is how we get to the other side of this.
Defund police? Let's boil that down and get to the specifics of what that actually looks like. Don't like the militarization of the police due to the heavy funding they receive? Where is the money they are receiving going to and how can that be better allocated?
Do you reallocate within the department to increase the training and vetting process for hiring so we don't get racist a-hole good-ole boy cover up artist cops that spoil the bunch? Within that same process increase the pay of policemen and increase the education requirement to get in so the career attracts more men and women who will do right by the badge.
Do we need to reallocate some of those funds to social services so they can build a force well trained and ready to handle some of the more menial calls the police get? What does that look like.
Make some changes, and have the ability to turn away from it if it doesn't work out without having to call a congressional meeting and establish a task force to get to the bottom of it which leaves the process in place for too long.
If we dig down to the root of the problem and come up with ideas to fix it, then test one with an easy way out.
Accountability and specifics.