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One of the big points of the “defund the police” movement is that, quite simply, the police are responsible for way too many things and a) make poor resource al
by moomin 4y ago
One of the big points of the “defund the police” movement is that, quite simply, the police are responsible for way too many things and a) make poor resource allocation decisions and b) don’t really have the skills to do some of the things they’re tasked with so replacing them with smaller bodies that take some of their workload would make sense. Sadly, investigating crime seems to be one of those things.
- paconbork 4y agoMaybe it was a notable point in some sanewashed version of the protest, but you'll note that the slogan was "defund the police", not "fund social workers". Acknowleding that the issue is that social services are underfunded and police end up having to pick up the slack would lead to a different slogan.
- scotuswroteus 4y agoI like the word sanewashed but this article is not an example of underfunded social services