- In 2023, police in the U.S. Killed over 1,300 people, marking a steady increase in police killings, as reported by Mapping Police Violence.
- There were only 14 days without a police killing, and on average, a person was killed by law enforcement every 6.6 hours.
- While the number of people killed by gunfire and officers killed in the line of duty declined, this data highlights the need for significant changes in policing in the country.
That, and all the gun control restrictions constantly being floated are meaningless when the police have an exception carved out for themselves every. single. fucking. time.
If 10+ round magazines, full autos, SBRās, AR-15ās, switchblades, etc., etc., etc. are supposed to be this big problem, I have never once had anyone be able to answer be constructively on why the police need these things when regular people donāt.
Because they donāt and it has become a gang.
I was one of those people that thought maybe it was good people in a bad system, but now Iām convinced too few actual good people want to go into policing to keep the corruption out.
Iām not sure how we fix it. Probably needs to be set up more like the military with civilian leadership and oversight.
Good people do want to go into policing, but the bad people donāt want them in their gang, because decent people are a threat to their way of operating and might land them in prison.
If a group of people is too rotten, then it just perpetuates itself. People that are too smart or have too many principles, wonāt even get a chance of joining. People who have started on the job will soon be presented with a moral dilemma, if they make the wrong choice, then the rotten group will start bullying them to force them out.
If it gets to the point that acab is true, then a clean start is the only fast way. Hire outside mercenaries to temporarily take over police tasks and start a new police force from scratch, with better rules, regulations and indepedent oversight. And without allowing the old cops to rejoin, unless itās in specialized technical roles.
