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https://twitter.com/NeeNeinNyetNo/status/1529220708601151491
ispendtomuchtimehere
this is not comforting
MissDeeMeanor
Groan
ilyasInternetSmuggler
Instead of providing free college education, give 18 year olds AR15s on their birthdays & spend the rest on cops in schools. Genius /s.
LackadasicalGoblin
They did somethin with the money... Pocketed it and got their pretend army stuff so they can feel special.
sambaah05
Just for context, the department has 7 people covering 8 schools. At least one school doesn't have someone there at all times.
deaththeunholy
Cowards
1morebanforafreeshake
Agreed
Flodos
The pigs are nothing more than the biggest gang in the USA, doing the dirty work of old rich white men.
DirtPoorFarmerSeedingUsersub
#1 no shit. Throwing money at policing doesn't work at all. Militarization doesn't work. Claw back funding
BeverlyHillsBillie
Reform, not abolish.
tumppu
Half a mill for GOLF? Is the mayor a relative of trump or some shit?
TheDreadPirateJayneCobb
Upkeep on municipal golf courses. Not saying it's a good use of funding, but at least it kinda goes back to the public
djhash
It’s more important than emergency services
SlaaneshiRightsFront
I mean, that's kind of how it works, it's not like they're in your head monitoring for violent intent. Unless you have concrete evidence 1/2
SlaaneshiRightsFront
that something is going to happen, and who's going to do it, stopping a crime before it happens is basically impossible 2/2
SlaaneshiRightsFront
Addendum: Even with both flavours of proof, stopping it before it happens can still be a nightmare of bureaucracy.
aPinchofMensch
The whole SCOTUS ruling about police not having an obligation to protect you is based on a woman telling LEOs she was under direct threat -
aPinchofMensch
- from someone she has a restraining order against. The police did nothing when presented with direct evidence of potential crime.
gradeD
That's the point. They're promising to the public that bigger popo budgets = more safety, and that's just wrong.
SlaaneshiRightsFront
die and the problem runs so much deeper than that but that doesn't mean reducing overall presence and crimefighting capacity is the play 2/2
SlaaneshiRightsFront
Police presence deters a lot of petty crime; it won't affect mass shootings because mass shooters usually go in expecting or planning to 1/2
gradeD
You'd think so of course, wouldn't you
SlaaneshiRightsFront
But then again, I come from the civilized world, so maybe I lack perspective because I grew up with fire and tornado drills instead 2.5/2
gradeD
The civilized world?