We need to eliminate the entire police system in this country and reconstruct from scratch.

[SunsetDreams]

36. Do you have any statistics

to back up your claim that cops do not respond to crime? I want to see numbers that report that most of the time or even close to most of the time they do not respond and I want to see it from a reputable source. Not just some thrown out there claim.

I don't care if you are not advocating a permanent situation without cops. You are advocating at the very least a temporary one, and that is MORE dangerous than what we have now. I think what you expected is "Yeah!!! Let's get rid of the cops" You clearly didn't think this one through. I get being angry at stories of police brutality, but it is unfair and wrongheaded to classify ALL cops with the bad apples. You can't, as one poster so succinctly put it, throw the baby out with the bathwater.

My answer to your question:

What you don't do is take the law into your own hands. What I would suggest is shine a light on it wherever it exists, call the media, write congress, make some damn noise, protest the brutality, but do it peacefully.

We have laws in this country, granted some of them are stupid and need to be overhauled or rid of, but we have a system of laws for a reason. We have a Government in place for a reason. The Government has made a lot of mistakes.. are you suggesting we throw that out and start new? Gawd I hope not, we have to work with what we have now and try and improve it.

Just because something is broken, doesn't mean you throw it in the trash. You repair it and hopefully with a little care it will work like brand new. Who knows maybe even better?