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You get what you pay for.
by aejnsn 5y ago
You get what you pay for.
- mejari 5y agoExcept they're still paying for it and the police weren't defunded https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-didnt-cut-any-money-from-the-police-budget-at-all https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-didnt-cut-any-money-from-t...
- nerdponx 5y agoI can't speak for Oakland specifically. But when I see police departments with lots of fancy combat gear, but with minimal fitness standards and minimal training in things like unarmed combat, I can't help but feel like the people are not getting their tax money's worth.
- literallyaduck 5y agoThreatening to defund the police generally lowers the quality of your existing police. Pretend you run a business and say you are cutting salaries. Employees will look for other jobs or just be demotivated in general. Couple that with an increasing hostile work environment, you have the situation at hand. Do you work as hard when you know management is gunning for your job?
- alphabettsy 5y agoWho created the hostile work environment?
- mejari 5y agoSo the excuse is that the police are allowing shootings and other crimes because they aren't motivated enough? Because they might be held to a higher standard? Because they might not get their awesome new toys? Stop treating them like children. I'm amazed when people will go to any lengths to excuse the police.
- aejnsn 5y agoI see you're also still paying for your fluent understanding of sarcasm.