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On the Nature of Police
Macaray, David http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/21/on-the-nature-of-police/
Publisher: Counter Punch
Date Written: 21/12/2016
Year Published: 2016
Resource Type: Article
Having a group of reluctant citizens charged with the enormous responsibility that came with being a cop was preferable.
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Years ago, in an attempt to ascertain the class's general views of the "problem of law enforcement" (reflected in police brutality, racism, sexism, "Gestapo tactics," et al), a philosophy professor posed a wildly hypothetical but provocative question.
She asked the class to consider what the result would be if the municipal police force of a major city were replaced en masse by (1) geniuses, or (2) rich people, or (3) citizens whose names were randomly chosen from a list of registered voters.
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