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Who Polices the Police? by Terry Gerych, June 18, 2020 In a recent year, american police killed 1,043 americans officially . That same year, japanese and british police killed a combined total of 3 of their citizens. Even taking into account america's higher population, american police kill their own citizens at a rate that's hundreds of times higher than those 2 nations. While racism is certainly a factor, one may rest assured that not all of those 1,043 american victims of deadly police violence were people of color. Besides this outrageous excess of the use of deadly force, american police are also well known for their almost casual use of violence, such as assaulting political protesters and criminal suspects. On youtube there's virtually an endless supply of videos which document some of these crimes, as well as other instances of police misconduct. There's also the notorious practice of civil asset forfeiture, in which police are allowed to seize private property on the basis of suspicion that it was obtained thanks to the proceeds from illegal activity, without having to back up this suspicion with evidence. All of this adds up to one irrefutable conclusion: american police have far too much power, are far too prone to abusing it, and have far too little oversight or consequences for their own criminal behavior. The whole institution of policing in america, and for that matter the criminal (in)'justice' system, which imprisons a far higher percentage of americans than any other country in the world, is in need of urgent and radical reform.
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