Hello ToK Society,

And here's another perspective, focusing on the history of policing, showing that its original (and ongoing function) is to protecting private property. Public police forces "was born out of slave patrols in the south and industry policing in the north" in the late 1800s.

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.wuwm.com_post_history-2Dpolicing-2Damerica-2Dstarts-2Dand-2Dends-2Dprotecting-2Dprivate-2Dproperty-23stream_0&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=kM11l9QetCyM4CtQVcWGQ1ud7X0cgCArogMc5hmYtIY&s=T1OCt-OlPurJkwz3ybbsz8VXkK96hUuNnZ5dYeDLjZQ&e= 

~ Jason Bessey
    On Thursday, June 11, 2020, 07:49:05 AM EDT, Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <[log in to unmask]> wrote:  
 
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Dear TOK List,
 
  
 
  For folks who are interested in understanding the divergent “justification systems” that are operating about the state of policing in this country, I recommend the following articles:
 
  
 
Heather MacDonald is a conservative scholar who has long argued that the fundamental progressive narrative about brutal cops as an aggregate is misguided. This is a transcript of her testimony to congress yesterday:https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.city-2Djournal.org_repudiate-2Dthe-2Danti-2Dpolice-2Dnarrative&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=kM11l9QetCyM4CtQVcWGQ1ud7X0cgCArogMc5hmYtIY&s=Ihh4EX3bfVJ68rvb9Z7HBKWUrs4TOwOIzGhRV9WQats&e= 
 
  
 
Nicholas Kristof is a liberal NY Times columnist who has long advocated for social justice causes. This is his call for how to effectively think about “defunding the police”:
 
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nytimes.com_2020_06_10_opinion_defund-2Dpolice-2Dfloyd-2Dprotests.html-3Fcampaign-5Fid-3D2-26emc-3Dedit-5Fth-5F200611-26instance-5Fid-3D19255-26nl-3Dtodaysheadlines-26regi-5Fid-3D35223894-26segment-5Fid-3D30632-26user-5Fid-3D8e4f03af2447d5adeb5069c9fb9bdf47&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=kM11l9QetCyM4CtQVcWGQ1ud7X0cgCArogMc5hmYtIY&s=0YW5Ofyu5JBcCrnCbuXX0i9ZCHP6m9IqZ9K1ty1k-NM&e= 
 
  
 
  
 
  NEXT MONDAY at 5:30 pm EDT we will be having Professor Mike Mascolo offer his insightful framework for understanding conflict, and bridging divides to create common ground. A formal announcement will be coming soon.
 

Best,
Gregg
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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