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Hopefully this demonstrates to the "defund the police" opponents that deescalation and unconscious bias training are not the reforms we need. It's crystal clea
by jakelazaroff 6y ago
Hopefully this demonstrates to the "defund the police" opponents that deescalation and unconscious bias training are not the reforms we need.
It's crystal clear that the police have no trouble deescalating violent situations when they want to.
- tartoran 6y agoI agree that they can deescalate when they want to. However, the way I understand the defund the police idea was to defund and eventually get their needed funds back with lots of reform. The prospect of funds does change things quite a bit. Always! At this point they're overfunded so no carrot to get them to move forward.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoMost "defund the police" opponents I personally know are furious that protesters were ever allowed to enter the building and are demanding to see everyone who did arrested.
- jakelazaroff 6y agoAre they reconsidering their stance on the necessary reforms?
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoIt's hard to even get that far at this point. They (and I - I don't want to pretend to be a neutral party here) are still reeling from the idea that you can forcibly enter the US Capitol without being shot dead on the spot. Basically everything we thought we knew about the typical processes of policing is, apparently, wrong.
- jakelazaroff 6y agoThat's fair. I won't rub salt in the wound; seeing this all unfold on video is way more chilling than I'd anticipated. All I'll ask is that once you feel up to it, you have a candid discussion with someone on the other side of the issue about why they feel such drastic action is necessary.