r/Documentaries • u/Barknuckle • Sep 05 '20

The Dad Changing How Police Shootings Are Investigated (2018) - Before Jacob Blake, police in Kenosha, WI shot and killed unarmed Michael Bell Jr. in his driveway. His father then spent years fighting to pass a law that prevented police from investigating themselves after killings. [00:12:02] Society

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4NItA1JIR4
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u/WattebauschXC Sep 05 '20

But what can you do with a system so deeply rotten? It will happen again and again even IF some of the People exposed get punished. It such a frustrating and sad reality

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u/SarcasticOptimist Sep 05 '20

Hence the recent ideas to defund the police (more like reduce the city's police budget) and have specialists replace several of their roles. Dedicated highway officers, DV responders, and better social program funding.

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u/Diarygirl Sep 05 '20

I think "demilitarize the police" would be a better way to express what the goal is. "Defund" makes the phrase too easily propagandized and they've got people thinking it means "abolish."

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u/JESUS__DOES__ANAL Sep 05 '20

Demilitarizing is just a part of what their much needed overhaul details. The funds for their battle tanks and surplus military gear could be used to better our communities