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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 4819744" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>Police forces in the United States—which, according to The Washington Post, have<strong> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2017/" target="_blank">fatally shot 782 people</a> this year [2017]—are unaccountable, militarized monstrosities that spread fear and terror in poor communities. By comparison, police in England and Wales <a href="https://www.inquest.org.uk/fatal-police-shootings" target="_blank">killed 62 people</a> in the 27 years</strong> between the start of 1990 and the end of 2016.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Police officers have become rogue predators in impoverished communities. Under U.S. <a href="https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/asset-forfeiture-abuse" target="_blank">forfeiture laws</a>, police indiscriminately seize money, real estate, automobiles and other assets. In many cities, traffic, parking and other fines are little more than legalized extortion that funds local government and turns jails into debtor prisons.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Because of a failed court system, millions of young men and women are railroaded into prison, many for nonviolent offenses. SWAT teams with military weapons burst into homes often under warrants for nonviolent offenses, sometimes shooting those inside. Trigger-happy cops pump multiple rounds into the backs of unarmed men and women and are rarely charged with murder. And for poor Americans, basic constitutional rights, including due process, were effectively abolished decades ago.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Jonathan Simon’s “<a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09615768.2008.11427714" target="_blank">Governing Through Crime</a>” and Michelle Alexander’s “<a href="http://newjimcrow.com/" target="_blank">The New Jim Crow</a>” point out that what is defined and targeted as criminal activity by the police and the courts is largely determined by racial inequality and class, and most importantly by the potential of targeted groups to cause social and political unrest. Criminal policy, as sociologist Alex S. Vitale writes in his new book, “<a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alex-vitale/the-end-of-policing/" target="_blank">The End of Policing</a>,” “is structured around the use of punishment to manage the ‘dangerous classes,’ masquerading as a system of justice.”</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.truthdig.com/articles/our-ever-deadlier-police-state/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 4819744, member: 56035"] Police forces in the United States—which, according to The Washington Post, have[B] [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2017/']fatally shot 782 people[/URL] this year [2017]—are unaccountable, militarized monstrosities that spread fear and terror in poor communities. By comparison, police in England and Wales [URL='https://www.inquest.org.uk/fatal-police-shootings']killed 62 people[/URL] in the 27 years[/B] between the start of 1990 and the end of 2016. Police officers have become rogue predators in impoverished communities. Under U.S. [URL='https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/asset-forfeiture-abuse']forfeiture laws[/URL], police indiscriminately seize money, real estate, automobiles and other assets. In many cities, traffic, parking and other fines are little more than legalized extortion that funds local government and turns jails into debtor prisons. Because of a failed court system, millions of young men and women are railroaded into prison, many for nonviolent offenses. SWAT teams with military weapons burst into homes often under warrants for nonviolent offenses, sometimes shooting those inside. Trigger-happy cops pump multiple rounds into the backs of unarmed men and women and are rarely charged with murder. And for poor Americans, basic constitutional rights, including due process, were effectively abolished decades ago. Jonathan Simon’s “[URL='http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09615768.2008.11427714']Governing Through Crime[/URL]” and Michelle Alexander’s “[URL='http://newjimcrow.com/']The New Jim Crow[/URL]” point out that what is defined and targeted as criminal activity by the police and the courts is largely determined by racial inequality and class, and most importantly by the potential of targeted groups to cause social and political unrest. Criminal policy, as sociologist Alex S. Vitale writes in his new book, “[URL='https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alex-vitale/the-end-of-policing/']The End of Policing[/URL],” “is structured around the use of punishment to manage the ‘dangerous classes,’ masquerading as a system of justice.” [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.truthdig.com/articles/our-ever-deadlier-police-state/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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