Saturday, May 28, 2016

USING FEMINIST VALUES TO STOP POLICE BRUTALITY

Maybe you already knew that 1 out of 4 women are victims of domestic violence.

But did you also know that a woman's chances of being the victim of domestic violence jumps to 1 out of 2 if your husband is a policeman?








What if, a man (or a woman) couldn't get a job as a police officer if he has a domestic violence charge (not necessarily conviction) on his rap sheet? What if a police officer was removed from his job instantly if neighbor's call the police and evidence shows photos of bruises, black eye, finger prints in arm flesh? What if he lost his second amendment rights for two years, his ability to have or use a gun FOR ANY REASON, at the same time?  What if he lost his second amendment rights permanently if there's a conviction or plea bargain originally based on any sort of domestic violence issue?

“There are a lot of good cops who go into the work for the right reasons, to help people. But then you have these others who are more interested in the authority, in the badge and the gun.”
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Police-domestic-violence-nearly-twice-average-rate-2536928.php

Maybe you're trying to figure out how this stopping wife beaters from having police jobs stops police brutality?

The logic is pretty simple.

Racists are violent, at the very least have a bully mindset. Wife beaters are violent with a bully mindset. If a dominant culture racist is violent with his domestic partner/wife then the black or brown person he encounters next is toast.

When a entitled bully encounters someone he sees as a person that can't really complain and be taken seriously, then that entitled bully that carries a gun for a living is much more likely to beat or kill the black or brown people he sees. 


Some people join the police force in order to gain authority over other people so they can abuse them, just as the quote above says. The wife beater/ intimate partner beater already has one person to abuse. The abuser that becomes a cop is looking for more.

We can use domestic violence issues as a way of weeding out some of those likely to find police brutality, or murder, appealing. Getting rid of a person's federal second amendment rights after a domestic violence conviction ensures the police perp doesn't get another police job anywhere in these United States. 


Wife beaters, those who carry out intimate partner violence do not belong on police forces ANYWAY. But getting rid of policeman guilty of domestic violence probably gets rid of two vultures with one stone.









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