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I suppose you're right. My comment was hyperbole. The point I'm trying to make, which is not hyperbole, is that there are lots of people who basically rely on

by slibhb 5y ago

I suppose you're right. My comment was hyperbole. The point I'm trying to make, which is not hyperbole, is that there are lots of people who basically rely on the police to keep the peace. If someone comes into the store where they work and starts pissing on the ground, or acting aggressively, or breaking things, or threatening people, they call the police. These kind of interactions are common. They aren't visible to people (like me) whose only interactions with the police is occasionally reporting property crimes.

bavent 5y ago
I’m not sure who would rely on cops in a situation like that, considering I’ve had remarkably similar things happen (or worse, like direct assault of a coworker) and the cops showed up maybe about half the time and usually hours and hours later. 4 hours minimum, to respond to a violent drunk person throwing racks of glassware at staff and punching a bartender. Then they showed up, said there was nothing they could do but take a statement, and left. Didn’t want to see the security footage, didn’t care that we had the guys name (and credit card) since we took his card to open a tab. This was far from the only time we “needed” police and they didn’t even do the bare minimum.
bryanrasmussen 5y ago
So at this point it's no longer just > Only people who never have to deal with the police say things like this. Their only experience with policing is reading articles about how evil cops are. but also people who have to deal with the police but never have any positive experiences with them. Or to put it another way - people who have positive experiences with the police wouldn't ask if they ever do anything beneficial for society. But somehow phrasing it that way makes it sound like these people are perhaps not so plentiful.

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I suppose you're right. My comment was hyperbole. The point I'm trying to make, which is not hyperbole, is that there are lots of people who basically rely on

by slibhb 5y ago

bavent 5y ago
I’m not sure who would rely on cops in a situation like that, considering I’ve had remarkably similar things happen (or worse, like direct assault of a coworker) and the cops showed up maybe about half the time and usually hours and hours later. 4 hours minimum, to respond to a violent drunk person throwing racks of glassware at staff and punching a bartender. Then they showed up, said there was nothing they could do but take a statement, and left. Didn’t want to see the security footage, didn’t care that we had the guys name (and credit card) since we took his card to open a tab. This was far from the only time we “needed” police and they didn’t even do the bare minimum.
bryanrasmussen 5y ago
So at this point it's no longer just > Only people who never have to deal with the police say things like this. Their only experience with policing is reading articles about how evil cops are. but also people who have to deal with the police but never have any positive experiences with them. Or to put it another way - people who have positive experiences with the police wouldn't ask if they ever do anything beneficial for society. But somehow phrasing it that way makes it sound like these people are perhaps not so plentiful.