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Ace Rothstein

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28. Maybe we can get there in a century or so.

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 05:29 PM

Apr 2021

In this current, violent country? No way. There's a few generations of people whose only response to a slight or wrongdoing is violence.

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A World Where George Floyd And Ma'Khia Bryant Would Still Be Here Is A World Without Police [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 OP

lol I'll happily take a world with police over the alternative Devil Child Apr 2021 #1

If you have a world with police, then you have a world with police violence. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #18

Tell me, Disaffected Apr 2021 #21

I don't speak of utopia, although a lot of people like to put that word in my mouth. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #22

I'm ok with a world with police and the inevitible police violence it brings Devil Child Apr 2021 #26

yep catsudon Apr 2021 #23

Bodies of others Watchfoxheadexplodes Apr 2021 #2

I know I can count on you. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #11

So the only thing... tonedevil Apr 2021 #15

A pretty sad way of looking at the world, isn't it? WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #17

Not the only thing saving it but necessary. Devil Child Apr 2021 #29

Poorly written click-bait. RegularJam Apr 2021 #3

A world with Ma'Khia Bryant still alive might be a world with Pink Jogger Suit Girl dead. WarGamer Apr 2021 #4

In a world without cops, all that money goes toward programs that give people what WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #10

All or Nothing? What sense does that make? Tom Rinaldo Apr 2021 #42

Do you honestly think that social programmes will stop all human crime and violence? Celerity Apr 2021 #43

one wonders if the girl in pink would still be here nt msongs Apr 2021 #5

As I say above, in an abolitionist model, we build a world where that confrontation is much more WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #12

Hard pass on a world without police. Ace Rothstein Apr 2021 #6

A world without police doesn't mean LearnedHand Apr 2021 #16

Maybe we can get there in a century or so. Ace Rothstein Apr 2021 #28

LOSING. MESSAGE. NT Happy Hoosier Apr 2021 #7

I read the OP Ed. Many of the other articles on that site are really good and recommended. Hoyt Apr 2021 #8

Spot on and far more polite than I was. RegularJam Apr 2021 #9

Represent, WhiskeyGrinder n/t LearnedHand Apr 2021 #13

We need retrials too. Bored in the USA Apr 2021 #14

Are you suggesting sarisataka Apr 2021 #25

Did you ever hear of double jeopardy...you can't under any circumstances have retrials because Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #33

Apparently Civics 101 is no long taught in our schools, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #34

911 Call, Active Shooter DontBelieveEastisEas Apr 2021 #19

This is a hard question to answer, because people who ask this question in bad faith see my answer WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #20

You are Preaching to the Choir DontBelieveEastisEas Apr 2021 #24

You have an active imagination... tonedevil Apr 2021 #27

What is your argument? DontBelieveEastisEas Apr 2021 #30

I'll be interested to see how minority communities BGBD Apr 2021 #31

There is never going to be a world without police that is just nonsense. Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #32

I see a world without police as putting all our eggs in one basket NickB79 Apr 2021 #35

Humans have been violent since day 1. yagotme Apr 2021 #37

A world without police is the wild west Calculating Apr 2021 #36

A World without police is bad idea. I shouldn't have to explain this to anyone. nt Progressive Jones Apr 2021 #38

Absurd Willto Apr 2021 #39

and everyone running around with a gun being a vigilant shooting at everything is so much better 🙄 Raine Apr 2021 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author herding cats Apr 2021 #41