“The United States cannot reshape other countries in its own image and that, with a few exceptions, its efforts to police the world are neither in its interests nor within the scope of its resources. This whole tendency to see ourselves as the center of political enlightenment and as teachers to a great part of the rest of the world strikes me as unthought-through, vainglorious and undesirable.” WorldCountryStatesWholeAmericaPoliticalInterestUnitedEffortUnited StatesTeacherEnlightenmentResourcesPoliceStrikesTendenciesExceptionOther CountriesScopeUndesirable Author:George F. Kennan
“We don't want to hurt anybody, kill anybody, build any prisons, or build police. We want to make it unnecessary for people to steal - so they'll have access to medical care, health care, decent housing, all people, all over the world. As long as you don't share your resources, you are going to have trouble” PeopleWorldWantLongCareHurtTroubleShareResourcesPolicePrisonAccessMedicalStealingHealth CareDecentUnnecessaryHousingMedical Care Author:Jacque Fresco
“Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve. It has no place in our national discourse, and no place in our nation's police departments.” LooksActionPastLawIndividualNationsSoundCommunityNeededResourcesPoliceInnocentDepartmentCrucialDiscourseLaw EnforcementEnforcementRacial ProfilingPolice Department Author:Benjamin Jealous
“Since the police department is becoming more and more militarized we're stuck in a position where we're reverting to that sort of behaviour that other places still suffer from because they're kept in that post-colonial state of development indefinitely so we can reap the benefits of taking whatever natural resources they have.” StillsStatesSufferingNaturalPositionDevelopmentBecomingBenefitsResourcesPoliceStuckPostsDepartmentBehaviourReapBecoming MoreNatural ResourcesPolice DepartmentReverting Author:Immortal Technique
“We've seen a shift where people were often initially reluctant to call things terrorism until they knew for sure. And now they start out assuming it's terrorism and then work backwards and say it may or may not have been terrorism. And it does matter tremendously because of the resources involved. If it's a crime that's seen as a disturbed individual, then local police will handle it. If it's a crime that's seen as someone who might be linked to an international terrorist group, you get the vast federal U.S. national security bureaucracy as well as tremendous political attention.” PeopleIfsWellsMayDoeHas BeensMatterMightPoliticalIndividualAttentionGroupsSecurityCrimeInvolvedResourcesPoliceAssumingInternationalTerrorismTerroristHandleLocalsBackwardsNational SecurityBureaucracyLinkedDisturbedReluctantTerrorist Groups Author:Daniel Byman
“There is a problem here in America when it comes to police violence and gun violence, that I believe is being ignored by not giving the proper resources to communities.” GivingBelieveProblemAmericaI BelieveCommunityViolenceGunResourcesPoliceIgnoredGun ViolenceBeing IgnoredPolice Violence Author:Jumaane Williams
“I think that some of today's focus on freedom of information and trans rights have a tendency to focus on the actions of individuals and how they should be regulated by governments. However, I think it's important to remember that it is the institutions themselves - schools, tax collection services, banks, human resources decisions, health departments, police departments, prosecutors, courts, and prisons - where the most devastating and systemic problems occur today. The scale of these problems is simply unimaginable.” ThinkingShouldHumansImportantProblemGovernmentTodayActionSchoolRememberIndividualDecisionFocusRightsInformationTaxesResourcesPoliceInstitutionsCourtPrisonScalesTendenciesDepartmentCollectionsTransHuman ResourcesUnimaginableProsecutorPolice Department Author:Chelsea Manning
“We have been at the matter of police pay for some time. Indeed, the Minister of Safety and Security and the National Commissioner of Police have raised this matter. Treasury has been looking at it and the Public Service and Administration Minister has been looking at it. It is a matter with which we are engaged, the salaries issue, as well as the resource question with regard to vehicles and, and all other matters, including the skills issues.” WellsHas BeensMatterPayIssuesSecuritySkillsResourcesPoliceRegardSafetyRaisedIncludingAdministrationMinistersEngagedVehicleSalaryPublic ServiceTreasurySafety And SecurityCommissioners Author:Thabo Mbeki
“Police departments no longer have to pay overtime or divert resources from other projects to find out where an individual goes - all they have to do is place a tracking device on someone's car or ask a cell phone company for that individual's location history and the technology does the work for them.” DoeAsksIndividualPayCompanyTechnologyCarProjectsResourcesPolicePhonesCellsDepartmentDevicesLocationCell PhoneTrackingPolice Department Author:Ron Wyden
“Given my experience, I believe there are three compelling reasons why the death penalty should be replaced. (1) The criminal justice system makes mistakes and the possibility of executing innocent people is both inherently wrong and morally reprehensible; (2) My personal experience and crime data show the death penalty does not reduce crime; and (3) The death penalty wastes precious resources that could be best used to fight crime and solve thousands of unsolved homicides languishing in filing cabinets in understaffed police departments across the state.” PeopleShouldBelieveDoeStatesReasonShowsUsedFightingThreeGivenI BelieveJusticeMistakeCrimePossibilityWasteResourcesPoliceSolveCriminalsInnocentDataReason WhyDepartmentMaking MistakesCompellingReplacedPenaltiesDeath PenaltyCabinetsPersonal ExperiencesJustice SystemCriminal JusticeHomicideCriminal Justice SystemFilingExecutingPolice DepartmentCompelling ReasonFiling Cabinet Author:George Gascon