@gAlienLifeform to politics • 1 year ago'Know why I pulled you over?' Fortunately, California police can't ask you that anymorewww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square90arrow-up1468arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: oakland
arrow-up1463arrow-down1external-link'Know why I pulled you over?' Fortunately, California police can't ask you that anymorewww.latimes.com@gAlienLifeform to politics • 1 year agomessage-square90file-textcross-posted to: oakland
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoI think doing police work properly requires more training than we can expect from random citizens in a rotation. I would, however, support this kind of arrangement for legislators, where it’s called sortition.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoJust because the existing solution is bad doesn’t mean a different poorly thought out solution wouldn’t have its own problems.
I think doing police work properly requires more training than we can expect from random citizens in a rotation.
I would, however, support this kind of arrangement for legislators, where it’s called sortition.
We could start with training our existing cops
Just because the existing solution is bad doesn’t mean a different poorly thought out solution wouldn’t have its own problems.