CTV News: London police force says it will take years to remove officers accused of corruption and misconduct
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/london-police-force-says-it-will-take-years-to-remove-officers-accused-of-corruption-and-misconduct-1.6567900Open linkView original on lemmy.world
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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)
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.
Same in America probably because you have to replace everyone.
So basically admitting that abolishing the police is the only viable solution.
I saw CTV News and thought this was London, Ontario without doubting the headline for even a second...
Fake London?