Essentially we have two outcomes:
1. I made a thread that got bushed on this, but asking for cops "not to be racist" will get us nowhere. What we are asking for ultimately is an utter paradigm shift in American Policing and the systems that support it. Yall gotta understand: This would be the most drastic change in a American institution since the Department of Defense shifted from a Wartime application of US might into a tireless maintainer of Western Capitalism via "Foreign Policy" after WW2.
Lets say the Officer wouldve done "the right thing" and sent Raynard home in a Uber. But as raynard is getting out the uber, he slips, falls and breaks his arm. Yknow how that would play out?
"You wanted to see me sir?"
: "Bob, mind fukking telling me and the Chief (
) why you called a Uber for a Drunk and hes now suing the city?"
..The Law as an institution is constantly looking at the big picture and what protects them (and the city) from liability. Even under the best of circumstances, with the best of intentions, the Legal institutions have created a continuum of operations that protect the cops from liability while also empowering them to maintain law and order. Often time this occurs in a brutal, cold, and over bearing fashion.
IF we are to push for a major shift in Police reform, we have to keep in mind the other institutions (City Councils, Mayors Office, District and State Attorneys, the Court System) that have input and influence over them.
or
2. We as a community decide to perpetually self police with Autonomous zones. The Hipster Cacs in Seattle have set up a part of the community (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone) where cops arent welcome. Aside from *probably* rampant drug use and prostitution, they seem to be doing just fine. I personally dont think its sustainable (people will eventually lose interest or start infighting), but its certainly a model to keep notice off.
I think these cacs realized that as long as capitalism and sheer American diversity exists, the Cops will not ever truly serve your community, so you might as well police yourself. I dont think they are wrong either.
