Best argument I can think of for de-government-izing police. Make them privately employed (this was actually the pattern in the early USA, WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS, THERE WERE NO MUNICIPAL COPS IN AMERICA DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD AND IN THE EARLY YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE).
Private citizens cannot then be held to a "different" standard, either being more stringent or less stringent depending on who has power and who has an agenda.
Will there be problems with this? Don't be stupid. OF COURSE there will be problems. But we already HAVE problems, don't we? Isn't that why we have police in the first place? The question is, what is the most just, least problematic, and most cost efficient way to deal with those problems.
Private security is better, going away. We should at least give some thought to this.
Private citizens cannot then be held to a "different" standard, either being more stringent or less stringent depending on who has power and who has an agenda.
Will there be problems with this? Don't be stupid. OF COURSE there will be problems. But we already HAVE problems, don't we? Isn't that why we have police in the first place? The question is, what is the most just, least problematic, and most cost efficient way to deal with those problems.
Private security is better, going away. We should at least give some thought to this.