

Police don’t need consent if they have reason to believe a violent crime is happening, and even from an ACAB perspective it would be wild to make community-protectors wait at the door in this situation. Everything after that point is an abject failure.





Oh I’m very much aware of the entire coin. Police overreach, judges willing to turn a blind eye, Defense Attorneys more interested in looking out for themselves than serving the public, we’ve got a whole pile of shit before you even get to the jails-as-punishment and slavery-for-profit problems.
This is getting tangential, but this point is pretty frustrating as an American. We hear about how racist our country is and how Europe doesn’t have these problems but it seems like we’re the only ones even trying to see the bigotry and classism inherent in the system, much less do something about it.
I’m sorry your own experience was so bad but I’m not surprised.