MBPD’s policy manual section 300.3.4 “Carotid Control Holds” suggests measures to reduce “potential for injury,” but after the world witnessed Eric Garner and George Floyd collectively cry out “I can’t breathe” 27 times while dying in “Carotid Control Holds,” it is clearly the potentiality of DEATH, not injury, over which we should be deliberating. MBPD must commit to a PERMANENT ban on chokeholds, not “until further notice,” as stated in the Chief’s June 8th, 2020 email to officers.
I support increased funding for MBPD. Don't let a small clique of virtue-signaling moral posers dominate the discussion when the majority of responsible homeowners and residents support our police. Discussion about responsible policing is welcome, undermining our police and endangering public safety is not.
Additional funds to MBPD will not address systemic issues in MB, namely racial profiling among the police and in the community. We should be diverting funds to public and social services, to support underfunded professionals (including our own teachers) who train 4-8 times longer than police to address similar root cause issues. Those in favor of funding MBPD clearly have never been aggressively profiled. Safety, safeguarded by violence and discrimination, is not safety (Davis, 2020).
Defunding MBPD is bad public policy. Body cameras, social and mental health workers on mental health calls; Continued Police training on de-escalation tactics; Better salaries to encourage retention of MBPD will take more money, not less. Cut backs to the MBPD’s budget are a step in the wrong direction. This leaves the public vulnerable and unsafe. There are police departments with problematic cultures, however MBPD is not one. I support full unding of MBPD
To Quote activist Angela Davis, "Rather than get “trapped on a treadmill of reform,If we look at the history of incarceration and the history of policing, one discovers there have been calls for reform throughout the histories of these institutions, and many of these reforms have been instituted. [...] Nevertheless, both incarceration and policing have only grown more racist, more repressive, more violent. please refer to 8toabolition.com for real systemic change we can begin to make in MB!
Many of these reforms are ineffective. NYPD banned chokeholds and still used one on Eric Garner. These reforms will NOT create real change. Defund MBPD. Allocate city funding towards healthcare infrastructure, wellness resources, teachers and counselors, universal childcare & support for all family structures, drug and alcohol treatment programming, youth programs, training for healthcare professionals. Make these services available for free to low-income residents. Adopt a care not cops model.
I am concerned that the CPC's "8CAN'TWAIT" alternatives justify an officer's choice of violence. Under the neutral stance on "Ban Chokeholds and Strangulations," they leave agency for the OFFICER'S determination to use force but not the citizen who is being assaulted by a police officer. The CPC rejects "Exhaust all Alternatives Before Shooting" to prevent officers from "second-guessing in split-second decisions." Officers need to second guess when they continue to murder Black folks.
MBPD’s policy manual section 300.3.4 “Carotid Control Holds” suggests measures to reduce “potential for injury,” but after the world witnessed Eric Garner and George Floyd collectively cry out “I can’t breathe” 27 times while dying in “Carotid Control Holds,” it is clearly the potentiality of DEATH, not injury, over which we should be deliberating. MBPD must commit to a PERMANENT ban on chokeholds, not “until further notice,” as stated in the Chief’s June 8th, 2020 email to officers.
I support increased funding for MBPD. Don't let a small clique of virtue-signaling moral posers dominate the discussion when the majority of responsible homeowners and residents support our police. Discussion about responsible policing is welcome, undermining our police and endangering public safety is not.
Additional funds to MBPD will not address systemic issues in MB, namely racial profiling among the police and in the community. We should be diverting funds to public and social services, to support underfunded professionals (including our own teachers) who train 4-8 times longer than police to address similar root cause issues. Those in favor of funding MBPD clearly have never been aggressively profiled. Safety, safeguarded by violence and discrimination, is not safety (Davis, 2020).
Defunding MBPD is bad public policy. Body cameras, social and mental health workers on mental health calls; Continued Police training on de-escalation tactics; Better salaries to encourage retention of MBPD will take more money, not less. Cut backs to the MBPD’s budget are a step in the wrong direction. This leaves the public vulnerable and unsafe. There are police departments with problematic cultures, however MBPD is not one. I support full unding of MBPD
To Quote activist Angela Davis, "Rather than get “trapped on a treadmill of reform,If we look at the history of incarceration and the history of policing, one discovers there have been calls for reform throughout the histories of these institutions, and many of these reforms have been instituted. [...] Nevertheless, both incarceration and policing have only grown more racist, more repressive, more violent. please refer to 8toabolition.com for real systemic change we can begin to make in MB!
Many of these reforms are ineffective. NYPD banned chokeholds and still used one on Eric Garner. These reforms will NOT create real change. Defund MBPD. Allocate city funding towards healthcare infrastructure, wellness resources, teachers and counselors, universal childcare & support for all family structures, drug and alcohol treatment programming, youth programs, training for healthcare professionals. Make these services available for free to low-income residents. Adopt a care not cops model.
I am concerned that the CPC's "8CAN'TWAIT" alternatives justify an officer's choice of violence. Under the neutral stance on "Ban Chokeholds and Strangulations," they leave agency for the OFFICER'S determination to use force but not the citizen who is being assaulted by a police officer. The CPC rejects "Exhaust all Alternatives Before Shooting" to prevent officers from "second-guessing in split-second decisions." Officers need to second guess when they continue to murder Black folks.