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As of 30 minutes ago at the time of posting, the NYPD has detained two young Black men after they refused their demands to show ID without explanation or cause. (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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The NYPD is skulking through the L train demanding IDs from Black and Latino men, again with zero justified cause or explanation as to why.

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[–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Some kind of police is necessary. Public order needs to be kept, laws enforced, crime fought, dangers prevented. A state monopoly on violence is not a terrible idea and needs to be enforced somehow.

What kind of powers, tasks, oversight, and so on police gets is the issue.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    A state monopoly on violence is not a terrible idea and needs to be enforced somehow.

    Maybe it's pedantic of me to say this but there was not a state monopoly on violence in the past and there certainly isn't now. A lot of goon squads are composed of private security forces.

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