“Some of them expressed reservations about weaponizing drones in over-policed communities of color.”
This is one of the biggest progressive misbeliefs, blaming crime rates in ‘communities of color’ on the level of policing in those communities. I know at least one progressive who believes that if we redeployed the police to white suburbs we would discover that there is just as much, if not more crime in those locations as there is in ‘communities of color’.
“I know at least one progressive who believes that if we redeployed the police to white suburbs we would discover that there is just as much, if not more crime in those locations as there is in ‘communities of color’.”
For possession of certain drugs, that is probably true.
Every pot dealer will tell you their best and biggest clients are white kids from the suburbs and almost nobody gets caught.