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What makes you think they aren't listening? The problem is they're just further down into the nuts and bolts of the problem than the "defund the police" folks e
by merpnderp 5y ago
What makes you think they aren't listening? The problem is they're just further down into the nuts and bolts of the problem than the "defund the police" folks ever get, so it only looks like they aren't listening when they ignore infeasible or impractical ideas.
- ceejayoz 5y ago> What makes you think they aren't listening? * gestures in the general direction of... everything *
- merpnderp 5y agoLol, every cop union I've seen is asking for more social workers. But cities don't want to add social workers, they want to replace cops with social workers, which is nuts. If social workers need police escorts for most calls, what good does it do to replace cops with them? Face it, "defund the police" was a catchy but ultimately stupid phrase, but there's no backing out now with out looking like thoughtless hysterics that caused a massive spike in crime and murders, leading to thousands of excess deaths.