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"a vulnerable poor person in a crime-ridden neighborhood can’t afford to support defunding the police" [citation needed because the vulnerable poor person is po
by croisillon 3y ago
"a vulnerable poor person in a crime-ridden neighborhood can’t afford to support defunding the police" [citation needed because the vulnerable poor person is police's first target]
- indigo945 3y agoAgreed; the article completely skirts the obvious point that the Black Lives Matter movement was not founded by upper-class white students at an urban college, but by working-class black people who are directly affected by the issue at hand.
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- qup 3y agoWhere are those founders now?
- MrBuddyCasino 3y ago"Crime is number one concern for black adults. Police doesn't even make the list." https://x.com/PeterMoskos/status/1515170739791568899 https://x.com/PeterMoskos/status/1515170739791568899
- croisillon 3y agobecause getting shot by the police is neither violence nor crime?
- fundad 3y agoCrime is such a concern because you can’t call the police if you want to live to support your family.
- steveBK123 3y agoIt's a matter of proportion. In NYC for example theres 400 murders per year, and maybe 1 "bad shoot" by cops where someone ends up dead and the cop should be in jail. Other jurisdictions the proportion can be far worse, and justifiably reform is being sought. LAPD has about 10x the cop on civilian shootings of NYPD. In some areas it's like being worried about getting powder burns from the airbag in your car if you crash it and the airbag goes off. I'll keep the airbag, as will most people when you actually poll them. Meanwhile some of the white liberals who were marching in summer 2020 are the first people to call the cops for trivialities like a noise complaint or car parked in their bike lane..