- magnetosphere ( @HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org ) English63•1 year ago
Instead of fighting to retain police officers who feel threatened by accountability and perpetuate that distrust, cities might consider just letting them leave.
Sounds good to me. Police who won’t respect the people they’re supposed to “protect and serve” have no business being police.
- CIWS-30 ( @CIWS-30@kbin.social ) 16•1 year ago
I can see how that would work in some places, but where I live, the opposite would happen. There actually is crime for them to police. Hell, with organized crime going up after California turned certain types of stealing from a Felony to a misdemeanor, theft and smash and grabs have skyrocketed in some places.
Plus, in the rural areas, Cartels are moving in and setting up illegal weed farms and such and threatening the local government and communities.
I’m not saying that the police aren’t a bunch of racist, sexist, militant fascists: they are. But if we could reform the police, they have a use protecting people from actual crime. The one benefit of having actual crime to police is that over the years, I’ve noticed much fewer cops harassing or ticketing normal people for stuff like minor traffic violations or “just because”. Probably because they actually (for once) have better things to do.
- Aesthesiaphilia ( @Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social ) 26•1 year ago
The problem in my area is that the cops refuse to actually do anything. 20 or 20,000 makes no difference if they won’t actually do any policing.
Hell, with organized crime going up after California turned certain types of stealing from a Felony to a misdemeanor, theft and smash and grabs have skyrocketed in some places.
Question: why are people stealing? Isn’t it because they need money, because they are poor? Maybe the solution is to make people less poor, rather than to have a bunch more “racist, sexist, militant fascists” patrolling the streets.
Cartels are moving in and setting up illegal weed farms
Again, the obvious solution to this problem does not involve police.
But if we could reform the police
I’m not sure we can.
- MxM111 ( @MxM111@kbin.social ) 6•1 year ago
If we remove all the police, there is will be no crime!
- Tigbitties ( @Tigbitties@kbin.social ) 11•1 year ago
No, but maybe we need to rethink policing. Sure, nothing is perfect but we can get better if we took the time to get it right. It’s probably not that hard if we can admit we all kinda want the same things.
- SwingingTheLamp ( @SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social ) 6•1 year ago
That’s not a conclusion supported by the facts here. What is supported by the facts is destroying the conventional wisdom that more cops means less crime.
- MxM111 ( @MxM111@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Yes, and there is a difference between actual crime and observed/reported for statistics crime.
- kidnose ( @kidnose@lemmy.ml ) English6•1 year ago
Just remove guns from the public like every other country. Easy win.
- DaveNa ( @DaveNa@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
Yes, without police there wouldn’t be crimes. Genius. /s
- Lux ( @Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English11•1 year ago
I have no idea what point you are trying to make
- DaveNa ( @DaveNa@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
Shocked! /s
- Lux ( @Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English9•1 year ago
Ok, how about this: Would you please explain, in specific, non-sarcastic language, what you were trying to say?
I assume you were trying to make a point, but I guess it’s possible you were just typing random words.
- DaveNa ( @DaveNa@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
I’m gonna leave here, so people can read what you wrote. Bye.
- wanderingmagus ( @wanderingmagus@lemm.ee ) English1•1 year ago
That ratio though
- DaveNa ( @DaveNa@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
Ikr, internet points, I should circle jerk more, right?