George Floyd Protests

You get that within any profession though, that's just life. I'm not saying that there aren't any low-lives within the ranks of the police force, but I think it's a bit extreme for people to imply that all police officers are racist and inept. Most of the officers who are involved in controlling the riots across the US right now are simply everyday people who are doing their job. It would be no different to if people started to rebel against retail workers. Sure you get some bad apples among the bunch, but it's morally unfair that the health and safety of thousands of innocent workers are being put at risk because of these riots.

I don't agree with that. Thousands of people across the country would be put out of work for starters and there's no guarantee that the automation would be rolled out efficiently without any kinks. That's not even taking into account the privacy and security concerns that would come with policing being done by artificial intelligence. 

Is that really an issue? You don't have to have an above-average IQ to be a decent, hard-working person. What your opinion is of police officers is up for you to decide, but I kind of think its low of you to be using intelligence as a means of undermining people working in a certain profession. There are otherwise intelligent and kind people who are stuck doing menial jobs five days a week, just as there are also less intelligent people who are employed in better-paying jobs. If someone is competently doing their job, following the rules and is a kind and decent person, that's all that really matters in the end. 

It's no different. Like I mentioned, every profession in the world has it's fair share of low-lives, you can't just avoid not coming into contact with rude or racist people. Most of the people in this world are genuinely good people. Police officers are no different in that regard. 

I agree that its ridiculous to bar police IQ and horrible that innocent people are sometimes killed or targeted, but wouldn't you agree that a better solution to those problems is improving the standards of hiring/training officers rather than getting rid of them completely? The fundamental idea of police officers is that they protect and serve the public while upholding the law, so in theory they are a good idea. Also, they aren't even THAT low in intelligence. The article you linked in your previous post literally states that the average police officer has a slightly above average IQ.  

I don't think we can rid of them completely (it would be ideal but I doubt it will be possible in my life time), just automate more portions of it so that you can gradually get rid of the dumber ones. Ideally there would be so few open positions, only the ones with 4 year degrees have any hope of getting hired. Traffic seems to be an easy place to start.

104 is not that high considering how much power they have. One has to ask what the standard deviation is on that, if it is more than 5 then there are a sizable amount of officers with below average intelligence. It's a position that commands respect and authority, it should earn it.

Uh, yes, I do and you've just proven my point. Think of it this way; the fact that the police officer would have gotten away with it (had it not been on video) is proof that racism still exists elsewhere in government and society as a whole. If it didn't exist, the police officer responsible for George Floyd's death would have been charged with murder, even without the incident being captured on video. It's as simple as that.

The racism is the issue, not the police, and not the fact that there are people higher-up than the general population. Ultimately, the police officer developed his racist beliefs and values from something and/or someone, they didn't just come to him out of the blue.

That dynamic you speak of wouldn't exist in the first place if the issue at hand was actually addressed. Abolishing the police isn't going to remove racism within our society.

The reason why I brought up retail workers in particular was to make the point that people in any profession can be racist, but even though there may be a minority who are, that's not to say the majority hold those same beliefs. I'm not saying that retail workers hold the same "authority" or power as people within the police ranks. However, taking steps as a society to improve race relations and removing corruption in government can go a long way in preventing those in high-ranking roles from taking advantage of their powers and abusing them. The status-quo isn't going to change the actions of a small minority of police officers.

You're over-exaggerating the extent to which members of the police force are abusing their powers. Many, and I mean the vast majority, of police officers out there are law-abiding people, they're protecting the community and going by the book. You can't just paint everyone under the one brush.

Also, saying that they "get away with murder all the time" is an ill-informed statement to make. If a convicted serial killer was on the run and was posing as a threat to members of the community, would killing them as a last ditch attempt to stop them necessarily be a bad thing? I don't think it would. If, on the other hand, we're strictly talking about police officers needlessly killing African Americans or members of another race, then yes, I would agree that they are getting away with murder. It all just depends on the context. 

We need the police force. They do kill people while doing their job, rightly and wrongly, but they are playing a vital role in ensuring that our society continues to function and remains safe. If you're going to disassemble the police force and put thousands of people out of work, you may as well just abolish the government as well and any other professions that are above the common person. Clearly we're better off being a lawless society, where people would literally get away with murder and never face the prospect of being charged for it. Or, we could rely on a drone/robot and pray to God that it doesn't suffer any malfunctions while trying to stop criminals in their tracks. Yeah, that's really going to pan out well. 

IMO it's the sociopathy levels of the officers more than just intelligence. Regular psych evals may not be a bad start. Same for military.