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Kind of a weird comment; haven't both police force sizes and budgets grown as the mass surveillance state has also come into reality?

• chaostheory 3y ago
  No. Police forces have had shortages since the mid 2000s. It’s gotten worse since then. It’s been a regular news feature since about 2010. It’s old news https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/07/19/us/police-staffing-shortages-recruitment/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/07/19/us/police-staffing-shorta...
  • anigbrowl 3y ago
    I think you should review how you came at this argument. 'Winding down' something and having a shortage of one of that thing's inputs are two very different concepts, and you seem to bounce back and forth between talking about it as a hiring problem vs an abolition effort.
    • chaostheory 3y ago
      You’re right. Here are other links https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/08/13/at-least-13-cities-are-defunding-their-police-departments/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/08/13/at-leas... https://theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/07/us-cities-defund-police-transferring-money-community https://theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/07/us-cities-defund...
      • anigbrowl 3y ago
        Apparently you're just interested in using other people as foils rather than having a discussion. Good luck with that.
        • chaostheory 3y ago
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