One of the primary purposes of the police is to be able to break labor uprisings. This is so wrong and should be prevented in the strongest way possible. What do you all think? Is the U.S. constitution able to restrict police?

People from outside the U.S., what do you think of this type of idea?

  • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah that’s not realistic at all, labor disputes can get nasty and violent and the police are supposed to exist in part to stop violence between citizens. They are going to absolutely still want to be the wall between each group so that they can maintain peace and order.

    Now maybe if we focus your idea in terms of forcing the police to not assist with union busting and strike breaking tactics that would be much more realistic since the cops do have a tendency to heavily favor businesses and the wealthy.

    Another thought too is to have the police not arrest anyone that isn’t a violent threat at the protests, anyone that isn’t a violent threat just gets taken to a cool down area where they’re given water and whatever else they need and can leave once they’ve calmed down a bit, but three times in the cool down area gets you a trip straight home. This is also something that protest leaders should be watching out and doing to keep their people from getting in trouble and to keep from causing the protests to become chaos.

    • QuinceDaPence@kbin.social
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      Another thought too is to have the police not arrest anyone that isn’t a violent threat at the protests, anyone that isn’t a violent threat just gets taken to a cool down area where they’re given water and whatever else they need

      That’s an Arrest. A cop taking someone somewhere else against their will is an arrest.

      Also if they’re not a violent threat sounds like no crime is being commited.

    • kool_newt@lemm.eeOP
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      tbh I’m not sure how I feel about protesting/striking in the street. It’s so easy to infiltrate and cause trouble, makes it easy for authorities to identify those not sympathetic to their power. And it’s so easy for the media to control the narrative. Even deciding which protests to cover gives the media power to control which ones might be likely to have success.

      Not saying people shouldn’t, just not sure how effective they are personally. I feel like there are more effective techniques. Striking means not working, not picketing. Work stoppage combined with an effective social media campaign might be more effective then putting oneself in danger of arrest or violence.

      Similarly, if one wants to defund the police running for office so there’s an anti-police candidate on the ballot (even if you can’t win) and can add the topic to the conversation might be more effective than going into the street and pissing off those with a license to kill.