TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldM to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 2 months agoNew Laws Are Turning Police Into ‘Supercitizens’prospect.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down13file-text
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A series of legislative and judicial efforts have removed police oversight from oversight boards and communities.
minus-squareAllNewTypeFacelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoIt increasingly makes sense to think of the US police not as a public service (with any caveats about who counts as the public) but as an estate that wields political power, or even a service aristocracy sort of like samurai or boyars.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThanks. I learned what a boyar is.
It increasingly makes sense to think of the US police not as a public service (with any caveats about who counts as the public) but as an estate that wields political power, or even a service aristocracy sort of like samurai or boyars.
Thanks. I learned what a boyar is.