Tough Day To Be In Law Enforcement

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

You read my corporate subcontracting analogy, right? I’m clearly not suggesting (nor is anyone else who is in favor of disbanding deeply flawed departments, as far as I can tell) that there be zero police.

My mistake then. I conflated your view with the news I'd been seeing in Minneapolis.

BTW, this is recent footage taken in Minneapolis.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Well if cities can come up with a better solution to crime control than a police force, then go ahead and dismantle the police force at that point. But don't dismantle the police force and replace it with nothing. Right now the 4th most common cause of death for black males (of all ages) is homicide, and a very high percentage of those perpetrators (have to look up the exact figure) are other black males. Minority communities will suffer as much or more than others if cops are taken off the street.

Yes, police need to behave professionally--and clearly they haven't been, but one reason that black people are disproportionately the victims of police abuse is because a disproportionately high percentage of violent crime takes place in predominantly black neighborhoods. That's where a high percentage of police have been getting sent to investigate violent crime. It's a reality that needs to be factored into the conversation.

You clearly don’t know what advocates for “defunding the police” want. Turning off Fox News and am radio would do you wonders. This is a pretty good article to get started:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/us/what-does-defund-police-mean.html

This gives a perspective on policing from around the world:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...raint-how-police-tactics-differ-around-world/

This thread from today changed my view on policing. I mean, seriously, how is this system acceptable?



The tweet above explains how minor problems can lead to escalations. A contributing factor to America’s police force being the deadliest in the world. Again, you won’t get this perspective from the right wing sources you consume:

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/

Finally, John Oliver had a good interview the other night explaining how defunding would allocate resources to help communities grow and be safer and healthier:

 

[Zombie]

My mistake then. I conflated your view with the news I'd been seeing in Minneapolis.

BTW, this is recent footage taken in Minneapolis.

Doesn't look like the police force there is doing a great job of keeping the peace

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

You clearly don’t know what advocates for “defunding the police” want. Turning off Fox News and am radio would do you wonders. This is a pretty good article to get started:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/us/what-does-defund-police-mean.html

This gives a perspective on policing from around the world:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...raint-how-police-tactics-differ-around-world/

This thread from today changed my view on policing. I mean, seriously, how is this system acceptable?



The tweet above explains how minor problems can lead to escalations. A contributing factor to America’s police force being the deadliest in the world. Again, you won’t get this perspective from the right wing sources you consume:

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/

Finally, John Oliver had a good interview the other night explaining how defunding would allocate resources to help communities grow and be safer and healthier:

I don't watch Fox. I watched PBS.

 

[Deleted member 365]

I don't watch Fox. I watched PBS.

you should expand your media consumption. Have you read any of the articles i posted above?

 

[Deleted member 365]

Doesn't look like the police force there is doing a great job of keeping the peace

Let’s give them more money, tanks, and tear gas. The will help fix it for sure. That’s how all other democracies solve civic protests. Instead of addressing systemic racism and police brutality That protestors are angry about, let’s bomb the **** out of them.

#MAGA
#TCOTTON2024

 

[Eminence]

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Food for thought when thinking about how important having an armed police force is.

Any chance you could post a link to that full article?

 

[Deleted member 365]

Thought this was worth posting

 

[Rubashov]

Unwind capitalism from the State of Australia and what’s left?

A hole in the ground

 

[Rubashov]

Precisely. Thank you.

Our Anglo-Australian brothers and sisters are in this exact same boat. If you don’t feel laughed at, too, then that’s only a function of where the attention is pointed (and where you’ve decided to hide in the shadows).

Not at all, our national myth is based around inclusion and mateship (for white men) your national myth around the frontier and expansion is your own nonsense.

 

[NAOS]

Not at all, our national myth is based around inclusion and mateship (for white men) your national myth around the frontier and expansion is your own nonsense.

Heh. Fistbump, then.

 

[Shad]

What country is everyone moving to after this happens?