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It will play out quite predictably: more crime, organized and otherwise.

• morgante 6y ago
  Nope. Camden disbanded their police department and has seen crime drop: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/01/what-happened-to-crime-in-camden/549542/ https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/01/what-happened-to-crim... Disbanding the police doesn't mean no public safety measures. It means disbanding the department and rebuilding a new approach to public safety.
  • jsdevwork1 6y ago
    Oh you mean replacing the police with... The police. Got it.
    • morgante 6y ago
      That's a trite dismissal. Nobody actually thinks that we can have no law enforcement. That doesn't mean that disbanding systematically corrupt departments and rebuilding from scratch isn't a good idea.
    • rsynnott 6y ago
      Sure. When an organisation is totally broken, ripping up and replacing isn’t alway the worst solution. See the Stasi, for instance, or for a less dramatic shakeup, the RUC.
  • sremani 6y ago
    From the article @citylab: "Other cities are still struggling. Kansas City, Columbus, Phoenix, and Birmingham saw homicide rates reach new highs in 2017. In Baltimore, homicides hit a new per-capita peak." If I have to place bet, the fate of Minneapolis will be similar to that of Baltimore.
    • morgante 6y ago
      Why? None of those cities have reformed or rebuilt their police departments. You're just spreading FUD.
      • sremani 6y ago
        The trajectory of cities following riots is well documented.