If I may strike a positive note, at least the UK appears to care about this.
You don’t hear about this happening in the US (OK, now I’m striking a negative note, actually “note” doesn’t even cover it), not because America’s law enforcement organizations aren’t also infested with sexist, homophobic, and racist (which wasn’t even a big enough problem with the Met to note) corrupt assholes, but because nobody with power actually cares about it, so these people will continue to keep their jobs. And unlike the Met Officers, they have even more power and can kill people with impunity.
Bravo to the Met for actually sucking up and doing something about the problem.
They don’t actually give a shit, it’s 100% lip service, which they are only paying now because one of their own committed such a heinous crime they have no choice but to “investigate themsleves” to appease people such as yourself and stop the justified calls for abolition (but as this article mentions, any actual action is many years away, by which point no one will actually notice any systemic change because there will be none)
Is there actually an abolish the police movement in the UK? I’m an ex-Brit who lives in the US so I’m familiar with both, and the UK police forces have an entirely different history and reputation to the US LE organizations. I’d be surprised if there’s anything outside of anarchist groups there. But I’m happy to shown I’m wrong (well, “happy” is a relative term, if the UK police have devolved to the same troughs as the US LE orgs then that’s terrible news.)
No, it wouldn’t make much sense. The government has beendefunding the police for a decade anyway.
Ah yes. The ol “We’ll police ourselves so you don’t have to.” Shtick. Aka business as fucking usual. Why the fuck am I not surprised?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/us/politics/qualified-immunity-supreme-court.html
Long and short: Qualified Immunity is illegal according to 1983 of the Federal Code according to the Congressional Record of 1871. It was illegally modified by one person in 1874 when it was “copied” into the Federal Register.
Better get on it, then
The best time to start was years ago. The second best time is now.
So basically admitting that abolishing the police is the only viable solution.
Same in America probably because you have to replace everyone.
I saw CTV News and thought this was London, Ontario without doubting the headline for even a second…
Fake London?
