RE: Why I no longer care about the "black on black crime" rebuttal
As a Libertarian, my approach to police brutality has always been to privatize police. Eliminate the idea of law enforcement officers, and enforce the idea of crime prevention and personal security. I feel that the government owned and operated police force is an inefficient "1 size fit all" solution that is horrible in practice. I felt that if there were more private firms in black communities focused on ending violence, things would be much better overall.
With that said, I am not a BLM supporter. I am also against the idea of BLM, as I feel police brutality is an American issue. I think the whole racialization of what we see is a horrible disservice to the real issue of police brutality, and the chasm between police and community.
With that said, the focus on black on black crime is an illogical rebuttal on many levels. And this post was just meant to highlight why it falls flat on it's face.
Agree with a lot of this.
I'm a little skeptical of privatizing the police force. While I think it would provide a better outcome in many or most communities, there would also likely be some situations where it goes very wrong. So I think we would see a wider variance of good and bad policing and the worst of the worst would be too much for most Americans to handle.
And I agree that the black on black crime rebuttal is not a good one, I just don't think what you said here would change anyone's mind that is using that rebuttal.