*Scroll down to see a jaw-dropping comparison of the rules governing police * *recruitment **in Norway, Finland, Germany and the USA. It's self-explanatory, * *and a tacit **call for radical reform throughout US police departments.*
*Excuse me for repeating myself (as I sent something out about this some* *weeks back), but raising the recruitment standards for **police is only * *one * *of several necessary changes that have also not been **mentioned much, * *or at all, in what passes for the current "debate" on how **best to improve * *US police departments **nationwide. We also need to:* *> purge police departments of the white supremacists—Klansmen, neo-* *Nazis—who've been infiltrating them for years, as the FBI internally reported* *in 2006 (in a study declassified in 2010, with minimal press coverage);* *> crack down on the abuse of anabolic steroids that has long been epidemic* *among cops (and US troops), and that's turned all too many policemen into* *rock-hard killing machines (who also often beat their wives); * *> make martial arts instruction mandatory, so that cops will know how to* *disarm assailants without using their guns, billy clubs or tasers;* *> have communities policed by officers who live in them, or come from them,* *or from ethnically similar communities;* *> place strict limits on the US government's provision of military hardware* *to police departments, especially in smaller towns and cities, thereby * *halting a quasi-fascistic policy that accelerated after 9/11, ostensibly to* *help cops fight the "war on terror," but which only hardens cops' belligerent* *self-image as occupying forces; and* *> end the international police exchange programs, wherein US cops are* *trained by the Israeli Defense Forces and the Israel Police—personnel* *enforcing an apartheid system, and therefore grossly inappropriate * *instructors for American police, **especially those working **in communities * *of color.* *These are practical reforms that are more likely to make some real difference* *in how cops treat citizens than sensitivity-training courses, stricter rules* *against the use of force, and other largely verbal measures that, by themselves,* *will not improve the culture of today's US police departments.* *MCM* [image: Inline image] > Let's do something about this! > -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W_Q1SXY6bG47gNNQ5y%2BtSETpcCW9k3TG1vB%2BQfT3eFwmw%40mail.gmail.com.
