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While both don't mention an edit reason, I think TLD probably changed it to make it sound more neutral.
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Technically not an edit war yet, unless Dravencour was the one who put it in pre-2010.
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I agree that the proposal by TLD is way better than the current. Try seeking feedback in the Laconic Description Improvement thread in the forums.
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^ I also agree that TLD's proposal is better than Dravencour's.
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TLD's the same guy who edit warred over Laconic.Music 2021. Nice that they learned something from the ATT thread but they could stand to put an edit reason at least.
EDIT: Sent The Living Drawing an edit reason notifier.
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I've restored TLD's version and linked this ATT in the edit reason.
Maybe we should add it to the list of locked Laconics due to the subject's Flame Bait nature combined with the ease of sneaking in potshots and ROCEJ violations inherent in the Laconic format? Precedent for this idea exists with the permalock on Laconic.Wikipedia, by the way.
Edited by Theatre_Maven_3695
While TLD's Laconic is better, I don't think it's specific enough. "Abusing their power" can mean many things, like taking bribes.
Keet cleanup
I think it should be "Police officers exerting excessive force on arrestees".
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Here's a link to the Laconic Description Improvement
thread mentioned earlier, if it'll help.
"Police officers exerting excessive force on arrestees" - possibly overly specific as it's often directed at people they aren't arresting? How about ""Police officers exerting excessive force on civilians"?
^ This might seem like a nitpick, but police officers are civilians, because they are not members of the military.
^ Every dictionary definition and even The Other Wiki includes "Not in the police force" as part of the definition of civilian.
Edited by Eiryu
It's a grey area. Police are public servants, and sometimes that is used to denote if someone is a citizen or part of the government. Within the context, it should be clear that civilian is intended to mean "not part of the police", rather than "not part of the military".
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
But why is it essential that the targets of police brutality are not themselves police officers? The reason why when discussing the military we talk about violence "against civilians" is because there are non-civilians ("enemy combatants") who are legitimate targets of violence. That doesn’t exist for police, all violence, legitimate and not will be "on civilians", except in very rare cases. Using the term here seems to be confusing the military (where violence being "on civilians" has a meaning) with the police (where it doesn't).
Police call non-police "civilians". The terminology already exists.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
Or we could just Take a Third Option and say "Police officers exerting excessive force."
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On May 21, 2021, The Living Drawing changed the laconic for Police Brutality from "Bullies with badges." to "Members of law enforcement abusing their power."
On July 21, 2021, Dravencour changed it back.
Neither change has an edit reason attached. In the time I've spent writing this ATT, Drav has also added a mention of Donald Trump to an example on Oppressive States of America.
Edited by JAG01