Defunding police.

[LAS14]

I've watched 3 substantive interviews about this issue. PBS Newshour, CNN and Rachel. They talk about using community resources, social workers, etc., to deal with domestic violence, drug addiction, etc. But none of those interviews addressed rapes, muggings, robberies of late night stores. How does that work if the police are abolished?

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. They can keep their undies, but they need to slim down on the repression budget. nt

[rzemanfl]

4. GMTA. n/t

[SoonerPride]

2. No one is saying abolish the police

Instead stop having police show up to deal with drug addicts and mental health emergencies.

Cops can deal with crimes and social services can deal with people in crises.

It’s really not hard.

Really.

[drray23]

7. I agree with what you wrote but some people are saying

to completely abolish the police.

[Mariana]

20. How many people are saying that, and who are they? nt.

[LAS14]

8. It sounds like they want to turn every thing over to the community. No? nt

[rzemanfl]

3. Taking their underwear will just make them ornery. n/t

[RDANGELO]

9. They can go to the surrounding communities and ask them to patrol thiers and pay them for it.

If they are planning to rebuild the police force it can be temporary, if not then they can do it that way.

[rzemanfl]

10. I think you meant to reply to the OP. n/t

[JI7]

5. There isn't going to be any abolishment of the police

[SoonerPride]

6. Here watch this.

This is what they are saying.

Thanks

[fulllib]

11. Any and everything

It would be an assortment of community based solutions to these. To be sure, the standard police approach to all of these doesn't work. In Minneapolis, there are 1500 rape kits that have never been tested.

In the short term, some sort of force would be required to handle violent in-progress situations. In the long-term, the goal is providing economic resources, counseling and mental health, and an assortment of programs that would mitigate these. we know that when people have what they need to live their life, crime goes down.

Even violence- we know that its a cycle. If instead of putting young violent offenders into the criminal justice system where they will only continue to act in violent ways, we intervene and provide them the resources they need.

We don't know exactly what it looks like, but we've reached a point where the status quo is unacceptable.

[still_one]

12. If you have to explain what it means, that's a problem

The talking point should be reform

[nsd]

15. Agreed.

The slogan "defund the police" is just terrible marketing.

[fulllib]

17. It's not an app.

It's not an app. It's how we organize safety in our communities and its grown organically out of community organizations borne in neighborhoods that don't associate police and safety.

[fulllib]

16. Minneapolis has tried reform and it got us nowhere

George Floyd still died.

[Budi]

19. Thank you! If Barr agreed to #defund the police, imagine what he'd replace it with.

Careful what you wish for.
All I'm saying.

Its a hashtag with repercussions.

There are better ways to reform without abolishing it, which is what would happen if we truly Defunded the Police.

The Congressiolal Black Caucus & Dem leaders are already laying out a very consise & well thought out policy plan for reform, as we speak.

I'll tust them before a meme with no explanation..

[RDANGELO]

13. hey can go to the surrounding communities and ask them to patrol thiers and pay them for it.

[TreasonousBastard]

14. Camden did it...

Basically, they fired the whole force and rehired (many of) them under new guidelines.

Really a great story.

https://www.msnbc.com/mtp-daily/watch/how-camden-n-j-disbanded-and-rebuilt-its-police-department-84689989601

[walkingman]

18. Good Lord, who said anything about abolishing the police. This is like when we ask for gun reform

and people say "They are taking our guns". Get real.

[Mariana]

21. Some people seem to be very, very concerned about this. nt.