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don't reform, abolish the police (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/mop@quokk.au

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You can host a communal tribunal and provide a verdict based on the overall consensus of the community.

That still has the essential problem of guilt being determined by popularity, not facts. Witches had trials like this before they were burned. There needs to be a system of rules to minimize bias and regulation of evidence to provable facts. That is why we have the jury trial system. Yeah, it still needs improvement but it's a hell of a lot better than what you are describing.

Also you can keep people at home

Shoplifters and drug dealers, sure. But serial rapists and people who shoot someone in the face for looking at them funny? No way. They need to be locked up and we need someone to put them there. There will always be a certain amount of these people in any society and we have to account for that.

Likewise you do not need police when the community is in charge of its defence.

So basically "castle doctrine" states where people shoot kids who knock on the wrong door? Kyle Rittenhouse is an example of realistic "community defense".