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> This was a shameful display by the police charged with defending the rule of law in the USA Defunding the police doesn't seem like a great idea anymore now,
by teloli 6y ago
> This was a shameful display by the police charged with defending the rule of law in the USA
Defunding the police doesn't seem like a great idea anymore now, does it.
- quasse 6y agoI mean, as we saw yesterday the USCP doesn't seem to be doing much good with their $460 million budget.
- ryosuke 6y agoI don't think the reason for their ineptitude was lack of funding.
- tzs 6y ago"Defund the police" doesn't mean eliminating the police, or reducing their ability to respond to in-progress violence. It means reducing the scope of the police so that they aren't the ones dealing with things like homelessness and mental illness, things that they usually are not trained to deal with. Here's a good explanation [1]. [1] https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a33024951/defund-the-police-meaning/ https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a33024951/defund-the-p...
- teloli 6y agoIt does mean reducing their budget though, and with a potentially long lasting insurrection ahead you either need public police or private...