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ShazamIam

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20. Defund the police, was quite forcefully pushed into the dialogue and weaponised against Democratic.

Reply to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

Sat May 1, 2021, 05:36 PM

May 2021

When in fact there are very few if any elected or otherwise widely known Democratic who are pushing for this.
What is being pushed for is more money for mental health care, addiction recover support (lifetime for some and trained res-ponders to
family disputes and mental health emergencies.

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Would you actually live in a city or town that defunded or abolished the police. [View all] cinematicdiversions May 2021 OP

Some people already do and it's working out great. blm May 2021 #1

I was talking about Eugene in my post. Least police presence out of any state I have lived and LizBeth May 2021 #3

Oregon has to a large extent and works well in Eugene. We have Cahoots that handle mental and LizBeth May 2021 #2

I don't know of anyone who wants to abolish the police StarfishSaver May 2021 #4

I don't know these people personally sarisataka May 2021 #27

That was not what the original slogan meant, but as someone else pointed out: if you have to explain Hekate May 2021 #5

So as long as someone makes a bad faith argument gratuitous May 2021 #8

the problem wasn't really 'bad faith' argument stopdiggin May 2021 #11

It's not a bad faith argument Hawker123 May 2021 #12

No Klaralven May 2021 #6

no XanaDUer2 May 2021 #7

short answer is no stopdiggin May 2021 #9

Depends on what you mean by defund wryter2000 May 2021 #10

Nope, reform yes Hawker123 May 2021 #13

No.. Hold the Abusive Police Cha May 2021 #14

I'm a fan of taking away activities from police that other, non-violent prone agencies... brush May 2021 #15

Defund the police.... quickesst May 2021 #16

No. Perhaps the better question would be ... SWBTATTReg May 2021 #17

No. CentralMass May 2021 #18

I have no idea who would like to abolish their police force... stillcool May 2021 #19

Defund the police, was quite forcefully pushed into the dialogue and weaponised against Democratic. ShazamIam May 2021 #20

It doesn't have to be either/or. dawg day May 2021 #21

We need to train a new type of police officer. Mr.Bill May 2021 #22

I hear Mogadishu is nice this time of year. 11 Bravo May 2021 #23

No but have lived in a country with gunless police. LakeArenal May 2021 #24

If I were I criminal, I would. Evergreen Emerald May 2021 #25

I grew up in Roxbury, a part of Boston, the neighborhood was half White and half Black. marie999 May 2021 #26

My preference is to leave sarisataka May 2021 #28

If there were strong social services in place, absolutely yes! Withywindle May 2021 #29

There are many things that the police do which they shouldn't be doing dsc May 2021 #30