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New Rules For Police
I’ve expressed many of these ideas piecemeal over the years so I thought I would gather them all together in one place for easy future reference. Like the Onion’s sadly satirical “things like this don’t happen in any other country” posts about mass shooters, I feel compelled to have something I can post when another Black man is killed by the police.
Rule #1:
It is better that 1,000 guilty people escape justice than 1 innocent civilian die at the hands of the police.
Yes; I would let a pedophile terrorist cannibal walk from a crime scene if doing so meant that 1 innocent civilian would not die.
Yes; high-speed chases are almost always wrong.
Rule #2:
Police officers should be limited to wearing khaki, white, or powder blue uniforms. Dress blues and navy blue uniforms should only be allowed in ceremonial contexts.
No Police officer should ever — EVER — wear black or camouflage while performing their duties.
I think they should be required to remove sunglasses when interacting with members of the public too. When doing riot control their faces should be visible and their names and badge numbers displayed.
