• taiyang@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Oh yeah, I remember hearing about this as a local-ish. He’s bum hurt about criminal justice reform in Cali (non violent offenders getting less or no jail time, that kinda thing). Makes this job “harder” he says.

    It hasn’t been smooth sailing, mind you-- but it’s at least the government trying to do something about an overcrowded prison system.

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      5 months ago

      Makes his job harder? GOOD. Policing communities should never be an easy job. And you signed up for it, numb nuts.

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        5 months ago

        It makes me wonder honestly if cops were always this corrupt, or if they’ve become more corrupt over time. I’d believe either being the case honestly, but maybe the former is a perception borne from all the pro police media there were in the 90s, 00s, and 10s. Hell, even today.

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          5 months ago

          I’ve heard from people that were cops back in the 60s and 70s that after the 1982 decision in Harlow v Fitzgerald gave cops Qualified Immunity, illegally by the way, that was when the War on Cops propaganda started, and when they stopped living in the communities they were patrolling. I take it with a grain of salt since they were cops during the Civil Rights movement, and they didn’t quit, and because none of them realize that QI is illegal.

    • Avatar_of_Self@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      On the flip side, you don’t have people spending close to a decade in prison awaiting trial, where the prosecution is hoping they are so tired of it, they will offer a crappy plea deal for time served, even if they have no case.

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      5 months ago

      The article says his department’s budget has increased by $270 million since newsom took office. Poor guy is underfunded!