Policing is a Dirty Job, But Nobody's Gotta Do It: 6 Ideas for a Cop-Free World

rollingstone ^ | Dec. 16, 2014 | José Martín

[tbw2]

I’d like to see this idiot figure out how you handle restorative justice with Muslims who think they have the right to cut your head off, or telling a rape victim she has to go through restorative justice with her rapist.

[Major Matt Mason]

The first sentence completely invalidates the article. This is not a police-dominated society. If you are living within the law, then you won't have any problems with or be "dominated" by the police. The people that are constantly under surveillance are the ones causing the problems. Yes, there is a certain, small percentage of cops that go rogue, but saying that this type of cop dominates society is a ridiculous overstatement by the author (no surprise, though, it is RS after all).

[GOPJ]

I’ve never read anything that out of touch with reality...

[ThunderSleeps]

...along with the so-called perpetrator and the victim of a given offense, try to restore and even transform everyone in the process...

That excerpt should tell you everything you need to know about the author's slant on this topic. A "so-called perpetrator" ... sigh. Guess where his/her sympathies lie?

You can almost smell the unicorns and pixie-dust as you read the drivel.

[JimRed]

Alternate caption: Jihad we much!

[JimRed]

...the problem with the vigilantes was that they were often just a lynch mob with no concern about whether the crime had actually been committed, or if it had, if the accused was the one committing it.

A perfect description of the KKK.

[JimRed]

Rolling Stoned has NO credibility outside of modern music. Which is 90% crap anyway.

[HotHunt]

Utopia. Wouldn't it be nice? And impossible. It would never work exempt in the heads of the fuzzy-headed, rose-colored glasses folks. That is until they got mugged, robbed, raped, burglarized, assaulted or murdered (oops--I guess they wouldn't need a cop then, would they?).

I used to play golf in Arizona with a bunch of guys who would bemoan the drunk-driving roadblocks on holidays and gripe about Sheriff Joe's Tent City. I asked then why. Because they drank and drove and didn't think it was fair if they got caught breaking the law and chancing injuring or killing someone because of their stupid choices. And they didn't like the sheriff because he threw law-breakers in jail. Well, duh!

Live without the police? Who wants that, the liberals, anarchists and my stupid golf buddies? Figures.

[catnipman]

[Pearls Before Swine]

The alternative to policing is vigilantism. Both have upsides..l. and downsides.

[MeshugeMikey]

ahahahah

here we go!

[JimRed]

Good job!

[catnipman]

I think an experiment is in order here to test out these wonderful ideas before releasing them onto the rest of the world. I propose that for one year starting today, that NO police activity at all take place at, in or on any property or vehicle utilized, rented, and/or owned by Rolling Stone magazine and all of their employees and stringers, and that Rolling Stone Magazine write an article about how wonderful that worked out for everyone in the experiment.

[trisham]

So, pretty much since this country was founded, crime began. Prior to that, all was bliss. Now I really feel guilty.

[catnipman]

Indeed, there are too many laws. I propose we START to implement the proposed plan by eliminating all traffic laws, all local city, town and county ordinances, all laws pertaining to the EPA and the environment, all labor laws, all securities laws, all zoning laws, all banking laws, all taxation laws, all building code laws, all food and medicine purity laws, all laws regulating business behavior and practice, and all laws regulating all professionals, including doctors and engineers. If this goes well, then there are a myriad of additional similar laws that can be eliminated next. I’m pretty sure that these are the kinds of non-violent crime laws the author had in mind for elimination.

[tanknetter]

1.) Unarmed mediation and intervention teams

2.) The decriminalization of almost every crime

3.) Restorative Justice

4.) Direct democracy at the community level

5.) Community patrols

6.) Here's a crazy one: mental health care

7.) The Batman

[Vinnie]

Fence off the area. Toss meat over the fence and let them handle their own justice any way they want.

[MeshugeMikey]

thank you.

also.... not to be missed:

http://i.imgur.com/by7FZ6D.jpg

[ifinnegan]

“What has this person been smoking?”

Marijuana.

[ifinnegan]

“Rolling Stoned has NO credibility outside of modern music”

They have no credibility there either.