• lath
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    It’s still a job someone has to do, so instead of “abolish” it should be “replace”. The core duty of keeping the people safe is something that needs to be done even if the current forces aren’t doing it very well or at all.

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        Now split up keeping the peace amongst the community and give everyone a small pebble of it and you will never have to worry about a good ol’ boy in blue deciding “justice”.

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          Yes, because mob justice historically worked great /s

          What you need is a highly educated and regulated police. What we currently have is neither.

          Cops learn SWAT techniques and interrogation “tricks” ( close to torture). What they should learn is non violent conflict resolution and the law.

          Also an impartial cop surveillance agency is sorely missing.

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        It is my personal opinion we cannot escape bias or loopholes no matter the system adopted as we ourselves are flawed.

        The self and the community will unavoidably come into conflict at some point and sacrificing the self for the community is improbable as community is sought for the self’s protection.

        Individually, we either choose ourselves and our loved ones over the community or we become subordinate to that community. A subordination which can only lead to the death of individuality.