downside is the private militias that Jon mentioned. just like the military that replaces soldiers with private contractors - to whom are the latter accountable?
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020, at 7:20 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > Of all public services that one is about last on my list. > For officers that get laid off, they can go work for private security > firms and they'll likely make more money. > Not seeing the downside at the moment. > > Marcus > > On 6/9/20, 4:28 PM, "Friam on behalf of Jon Zingale" > <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: > > Like many of you and from an armchair, I am watching protests in > the streets. I am watching calls for the defunding of our police, and > surprisingly painful responses on all sides. The whole affair leaves > me to wonder: > > 1. Will the efforts to defund the police eventually meet with efforts > to build private militias? Will the future of policing in this country > follow a path similar to the shift from public to private postal service? > If so, what will accountability be? > > 2. While there appear to be some videos of police chiefs talking to > crowds through megaphones, should I expect to see interviews with > police on podcasts or in other more intimate domains? Are commentators > making a mistake in treating the thoughts and opinions of police officers, > as individuals, as if they were swarming black boxes? > > 3. Protests are announced with more than a day's notice. Police, > it would seem, are aware and anticipating participation in these public > events. What do the text messages between police officers look like in > the days leading up to some of the more horrific scenes? > > 4. Are any of us good enough friends with a police officer such that we > could invite one to talk about these events on an upcoming Friday? > > I cannot help but be upset by what I am seeing, and yet there do not > seem to be meaningful steps taken by those that can affect transparency > or promote sanity. > > Jon > > > > -- > Sent from: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
