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> In my area, the "Defund the Police" folks on the city council have directly caused a massive increase in overtime by actively thwarting efforts by the mayor a
by slowin 2mo ago
> In my area, the "Defund the Police" folks on the city council have directly caused a massive increase in overtime by actively thwarting efforts by the mayor and police chief to help improve work conditions and recruiting for the police force.
Paying cops overtime is not defunding the police. If they were defunded, they wouldn't be getting overtime.
> What "guys" are? I see cops every day and none of them are dressed like that.
I see cops standing around the mall in full body armor. In the 1980s they didn't even have bullet proof vests, now every cop looks like they're cosplaying Call of Duty.
> Yep, they've been very responsive and helpful.
I've never heard anyone ever say this. Also cops come after a crime has been committed. It's almost by definition useless to call them.
> Sounds like you surrounded yourself with bad people?
Sadly I didn't get to decide where I lived as a child and I lived in a cop heavy area, so yeah, I was surrounded by bad people but not by choice.
- strictnein 2mo ago> "I've never heard anyone ever say this." Congrats, now you have. Police aren't just there for crimes you know. Wounded animals, car accidents, health emergencies, etc etc etc. > I see cops standing around the mall in full body armor. A vest != "full body armor". Again, you've just said you were surrounded by bad cops. I'm not. There's hundreds of thousands of them across the country. You seem to think that your experience is the one true experience.
- slowin 2mo ago> Wounded animals, car accidents, health emergencies, etc etc etc. People with guns should not be handling any of these jobs. Invest in healthcare, animal control... great use of the defunded police budget! > You seem to think that your experience is the one true experience. The US has the world's largest prison population in the world, by far. It's not just my opinion, it's an objective reality. We basically live in police state.