I'm going to repost it here since it may have gotten lost in other posts, but this Rolling Stone article about the Albuquerque police force is pretty
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pmb (aka pmb)
Jul 29 '15, 12:50
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insightful about issues that I think go beyond just that one police department. Among other things it notes that in our quest for more "law and order" and hiring more police, the quality of people getting hired has dropped. Add in a certain belief that they are in a dangerous job and therefor should shoot first and ask questions later to protect themselves, certain systemic prejudices and bias and you have a mess that's playing out everywhere.
- here (www.rollingstone.com)
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