Some very clear and effective guidelines are presented below on how we can make our police our police again.
We knew well before this month that our methods of policing have failed the majority of Americans. Only those entwined in the basest forms of denial can support the police in their current incantation.
What I would like to do is crowd source solutions to the widespread problem of our police being above the law. So please use the comment section to voice your opinion on what changes would be most effective. And include any ideas you may have that will bing this country back to the values we cherish.
Some fundamental demands.
Los Angeles specific demands:
We call for an independent investigation into the numerous allegations made by Christopher Dorner against specific named individuals, as well as his general allegations of police conduct, and the charges of nepotism that he contends surrounded his firing.
We call for an independent commission to investigate the documented abuses of the LAPD and to hear unfiled claims of racial discrimination and abuse against the department, and to try the department before a Federal court to provide redress for the victims.
We call for the immediate institutionalization of a Police Control Board in the city of Los Angeles directly elected by the people, which possesses the power to monitor, review, and change all racist policies and procedures, and to fire, subpoena, and try offending police officers.
National demands:
We call for the institutionalization of Police Control Boards that are directly elected by the people.
We call for the elimination of the Police Bill of Rights and the numerous civil service rules and judicial policies and procedures that give the police anonymity, freedom from having their behavior recorded and virtual immunity from accountability and prosecution.
We call for the end to the various polices of containment such as racial profiling, stop and frisk, gang injunctions, secure communities, etc.
We demand the demilitarization of domestic law enforcement, including eliminating the use of Drones and various surveillance operations and institutions.
We call for the redirection of military funding to social programs, such as public education, housing, health care, public transportation, and grassroots-controlled programs to prevent domestic and intra-communal violence.
We call for the institutionalization of a National Plan of Action for Racial Justice to combat racism and racial discrimination in the institutions of government and the social relations that shape the economy.
Organize and Take Action! The system will change, only when we make it change.