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There are tons of reports of officers being disciplined punished or jailed for using a gun when the other person was violently resisting arrest. Police across

There are tons of reports of officers being disciplined punished or jailed for using a gun when the other person was violently resisting arrest. Police across the country are letting criminals run rampant due to fear of prosecution for doing their job.

Forgeties79 5y ago
>Police across the country are letting criminals run rampant due to fear of prosecution for doing their job. Police are "letting criminals run rampant" because they throw tantrums the moment money or accountability is discussed. Just watch how they behave the moment a city even whispers "pension" despite the fact that police pensions are crushing city budgets across the nation. https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/pension-costs-burn-through-city-budgets https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/pension-costs-b... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pensions-policeandfire/u-s-loves-cops-and-firefighters-but-not-their-pensions-idUSBRE86S02120120729 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pensions-policeandfir... https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-squeeze/ https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-squeeze/
- Zpalmtree 5y ago
  > Police are "letting criminals run rampant" because they throw tantrums the moment money or accountability is discussed. Just watch how they behave the moment a city even whispers "pension" despite the fact that police pensions are crushing city budgets across the nation. What? I see no-one throwing 'tantrums' in the articles you linked. I see some people trying to keep the pensions they have earned. Do you expect ordinary Americans to jump to take a pension cut after working all their lives? And this in the hope that magically that money will go to the right places and reduce crime?
  - Forgeties79 5y ago
    Where that money goes is not what’s up for debate. We have conservatives non-stop calling for “reduced spending” and “tightening the belt” who are all too happy to cut everything they feel “their people” don’t need, but the big ticket items - military, pensions, etc. - are arbitrarily sacrosanct. Well, it’s not actually arbitrary. It’s because they want to hurt “the right people.” Reduced spending will never be fair to the people on the receiving end.

Forgeties79 5y ago

>Police across the country are letting criminals run rampant due to fear of prosecution for doing their job. Police are "letting criminals run rampant" because they throw tantrums the moment money or accountability is discussed. Just watch how they behave the moment a city even whispers "pension" despite the fact that police pensions are crushing city budgets across the nation. https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/pension-costs-burn-through-city-budgets https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/pension-costs-b... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pensions-policeandfire/u-s-loves-cops-and-firefighters-but-not-their-pensions-idUSBRE86S02120120729 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pensions-policeandfir... https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-squeeze/ https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-squeeze/

Zpalmtree 5y ago
> Police are "letting criminals run rampant" because they throw tantrums the moment money or accountability is discussed. Just watch how they behave the moment a city even whispers "pension" despite the fact that police pensions are crushing city budgets across the nation. What? I see no-one throwing 'tantrums' in the articles you linked. I see some people trying to keep the pensions they have earned. Do you expect ordinary Americans to jump to take a pension cut after working all their lives? And this in the hope that magically that money will go to the right places and reduce crime?
- Forgeties79 5y ago
  Where that money goes is not what’s up for debate. We have conservatives non-stop calling for “reduced spending” and “tightening the belt” who are all too happy to cut everything they feel “their people” don’t need, but the big ticket items - military, pensions, etc. - are arbitrarily sacrosanct. Well, it’s not actually arbitrary. It’s because they want to hurt “the right people.” Reduced spending will never be fair to the people on the receiving end.