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I don't get it, if the police are an existential problem, fire them all and do a reset. Who is protecting them?

• ivalm 6y ago
  You can’t literally fire all the police in a city, without at least significant state support. You do need someone to respond to emergencies/keep peace.
• germinalphrase 6y ago
  Do you not believe that the federal government has a role to play in helping solve significant state level issues? I mean - I’m pro-cop. I have police officers in my family, and I wish the solutions were as straightforward as you seem to believe everything they are; however, the fact that we have the same reoccurring concerns - year after year, decade after decade - strongly suggests that this is not easy or straightforward.
  • pnw_hazor 6y ago
    Certainly, federal intervention made a lot of sense during the Jim crow/segregation/civil rights era where state and local governments deliberately defied federal law. Here, this is not happening. The local governments that harbor bad police want police reform. I believe they have plenty of power to do that.
    • germinalphrase 6y ago
      Well - I hope you’re right.