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> Defunding the police is a great idea. People saying this live in secure, peaceful suburbs( obviously).
by dominotw 6y ago
> Defunding the police is a great idea.
People saying this live in secure, peaceful suburbs( obviously).
- FemmeAndroid 6y agoOr have been systematically harassed in cities.
- marcinzm 6y agoOr aren't white and thus are more likely to be shot than helped by the police no matter how crime ridden their neighborhood.
- dominotw 6y agodo you any stats for this by any chance? https://time.com/5818553/gun-violence-chicago-coronavirus/ https://time.com/5818553/gun-violence-chicago-coronavirus/ how would slashing funding for police help. I don't follow this chain of logic at all. People here in south side chicago die of gun violence not of police harassment. General concensus here has been that city doesn't have enough budget to grapple with gun violence that kills thousands of people here. Now all of sudden its that they have too much budget. How can both be true.
- djsumdog 6y agoAnd this past weekend led to over 80 shootings and 20 fatalities ... ZERO of which were from police.
- uoaei 6y agoWe can't keep having this same conversation over and over again. History exists, and it's incumbent on you to take the time to seek it out instead of asking others to do the work for you. Re-litigating the premise makes you look uninformed.
- dominotw 6y agoheh..ok i will research this more.