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Book Club July - Balko, Rise of the Warrior Cop
🕑 Added 2022-07-26 15:39:28 +0000 UTCRise of the Warrior Cop Pt 1.
Discussion questions we used:
- Should the history of policing affect our ideas about the purpose of a police force and its powers? Should the origins of the American police force rooted in slave catching affect how we view modern policing?
- Why does Balko think the third amendment is so important and how does it relate to our country's policing in both the past and the present?
- Multiple times in our past (very often around race laws) the US government has had to step in to enforce them (brown vs board of ed, protecting against the KKK during reconstruction). Sometimes the use of force is necessary. What is our rubric for that and how should we prevent any oversteps?
- In the book Balko seems to talk about community police (policemen as part of the community he protects) in a positive light and disdains the police mindset of antagonism toward the public or being separated from the public. Is our society too large now for community policing to be effective?
- Politicians have used the fear of crime and maintaining white comfort to fund more military style policing. What is the balance between safety and liberty?
Next month- the second third of the book and your comments. Leave them below!
Comments
Cheryl
Alcohol prohibition had very little influence on the Drug War, if any. The War on Drugs has its roots set deeply in racism and white fright. The beginning of the War on Drugs, which was sparked under Nixon around the time that the most assertive civil rights protests and demonstrations were starting to wane. It was an intentionally and strategically designed political maneuver to skirt newly minted federal civil rights protection legislation to target Black Americans, particularly Black men.
Aaron Rodriguez
There was a heads up months ago tbh.
Diego Guzmán
I'm a freaking Game Designer and UX expert, and knowing the history behind my trades is key. Also, because it's important to know the history of psycology and neuroscience and how it was used in the past in regards to people's motivation, education, learning... and unethical or even evil manipulations. Not that there aren't games that are manipulative... in fact, there are so many examples in the "free to play" market... but for more moral, and fun-driven, professionals, history can be so important to learn where we are, how we got there, what can we do and research, and what to avoid.
Roger
Thought/question I had after listening to this, how much did Prohibition influence the War on Drugs? From the response of law enforcement and expansion of federal power, surplus military weaponry used by both law enforcement and bootleggers/organized crime, and perhaps the automatic association of Italian immigrants as being members of the Mafia and thus automatically criminals?
Kringle, love child of Danish and Donut
I assumed… and now I’m an ass. A heads up would have been nice though. Imma buy the buy book and catch up. Thanks!
Cognitive Dissonance Podcast
Sadly this won't be possible with this book. The author still has copyright. The reading of Demon Haunted World was possible because we followed all the copyright leads and no one responded. Balko is alive and actively talking about his book now on the news because of Uvalde. I will say the version I have from Audible has an excellent narrator.
Tango of the Robes
+1 on this. I was looking forward to Tom reading it to me again, like the bed time story, from a loving father I wish I had.
Araya Frellin Sunshine
Apparently NYC's own mobile crisis emergency services program (someone New Yorkers can call instead of police) is active and reducing the number of hospital visits per emergency call. "To request a team, call NYC Well at (888) NYC-WELL (888-692-9355)." https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/crisis-emergency-services-mobile-crisis-teams.page
Kringle, love child of Danish and Donut
I may be the only one but I assumed that y’all were going to read the book to us like “Demond Haunted World”. I actually have to read the book? Lol
