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Yavin4

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5. America, where brute force solves all of our problems both domestically and internationally.

Reply to Humanist_Activist (Original post)

Sun May 23, 2021, 10:41 PM

May 2021

Mental Health care professionals? Trained first responders to de-escalate? Not in America. What will they propose next? Using diplomacy to solve international problems instead of dropping missiles?

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OK, is this really necessary? Police seem rather overfunded... [View all] Humanist_Activist May 2021 OP

If I got a huge military looking I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #1

K&R, CPD has paid out what? 500 million in the last 30 years? How in the hell are they affording ... uponit7771 May 2021 #2

"Why are police acting and looking like an occupational force and not civilian law enforcement?" WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #3

Remember when we called them "peace officers"? FakeNoose May 2021 #6

No. They've always been in the service of capital and white supremacy. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #7

True, it's an intersectionality between race and class.... Humanist_Activist May 2021 #11

The awful truth. 2naSalit May 2021 #8

Defund the police...everywhere...today...nt VarryOn May 2021 #4

America, where brute force solves all of our problems both domestically and internationally. Yavin4 May 2021 #5

+1, we have the hammer of military force and everything is a nail uponit7771 May 2021 #12

At the Parkland mass shooting... Mazeltov Cocktail May 2021 #9

+1, uponit7771 May 2021 #13

The biggest line item, by far, in my city's budget. Ron Green May 2021 #10

Your last line basically says it all... Wounded Bear May 2021 #14

They are very pro-escalation. nt RegularJam May 2021 #15

Police forces get military hand-me-downs. intheflow May 2021 #16