Minneapolis votes to abolish their PD

[ShockerFever]

It's only a 50% cut in police. I thought they were really serious and were going to defund the police entirely.

Do you think having 50% less police presence is going to encourage more abiding of the law?

[ShockingButTrue]

Kind of joking, but also kind of serious....but Twitter is a bigger pandemic than Covid-19 imho. It's beyond dangerous and is nowhere near contained.

Just look at the people having fun dancing around fires. They ain't thinking about no covid, unless it can be used to do you harm.

Good lord, are they profane or what?

#BlameFoxNewsmya**

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Just look at the people having fun dancing around fires. They ain't thinking about no covid, unless it can be used to do you harm.

Good lord, are they profane or what?

#BlameFoxNewsmya**

Hey haven't you heard, the Rona doesn't spread at protests. Only at beaches, restaurants, and churches. It is a very sophisticated virus you know.

[C0|dB|00ded]

Backup is everything in law enforcement. Officers are always told to "wait for backup" before proceeding on dangerous calls. The effective result in lowering the size of a police force without lowering the size of the area they police, is more risk (i.e. dead cops). Why do you think NYPD officers are retiring in record numbers? The second the very first cop dies alone on the streets of a defunded department is the second the politicians who voted to put them in danger should be handcuffed and charged with voluntary manslaughter.

Spineless, brainless,.. politicians.


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[ShockerPrez]

I don't have the statistics, but I think I heard that the # of 911 calls generated is overwhelmingly from the lower socio-economical neighborhoods. Which tells me that the lower income people are the ones that rely the most on 1st responders (POLICE). I'm not a smart man, so someone will have to explain to me, how cutting the police force helps these people? I don't need help, it can't. Which then leads me to believe that this defunding the police movement is cruel toward the poor and the needy, yet is not being portrayed as such by our mainstream media.

So, I believe the best way and what's best for the country to shelve this whole idea is for Trump to come out and say that he is now in favor of cutting any federal funding for local police forces. That will then pivot all the attention onto what a terrible idea really is, so we can be done with this foolishness.

[RoyalShock]

Hey haven't you heard, the Rona doesn't spread at protests. Only at beaches, restaurants, and churches. It is a very sophisticated virus you know.

[Shockm]

Do you think having 50% less police presence is going to encourage more abiding of the law?

Sarcasm.

[Shockm]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-children.html

Now this is funny.

AOC defends rise in NYC crime saying people are 'stealing bread to feed their children during record unemployment' despite weeks of bloodshed and 130% surge in shootings.

And she is on Joe Biden's committee to bring together the progressives and moderates. She is definitely moving the democrat party to the left, and Biden, like Obama is good with it.

[revenge_of_shocka_khan]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-children.html

Now this is funny.

AOC defends rise in NYC crime saying people are 'stealing bread to feed their children during record unemployment' despite weeks of bloodshed and 130% surge in shootings

I dont think this is funny at all.

If she ever gets close to the presidency, you will see one of the biggest kleptocracirs in the history of the world.

She will make Chavez and Maduro look like amateurs.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Hilarious! Love this.

[Shockm]

I dont think this is funny at all.

If she ever gets close to the presidency, you will see one of the biggest kleptocracirs in the history of the world.

She will make Chavez and Maduro look like amateurs.

How much closer does she need to get? She most likely won’t become a President but the Democrat Party is allowing her to change public policies forever.
She’s a Socialist, radical, Democrat member of Congress. She has raised 10Million + dollars more than her Democrat opponents in her district from Democrat supporters. She is a Democrat who enjoys one of the biggest social media followings of any Dem elected or non-elected official. She is for defunding the police. She is a socialist who Biden is placing in a position to alter public policy to the left, and changing his policies farther to the left so he can win.

You’re a Dem supporter. You are one of who is allowing her to thrive.

[1979Shocker]

They need to move police from monitoring traffic laws to monitoring criminal activity. When it comes to obeying traffic laws, for example speeding, everyone does it at one time or another. The reasoning by most people is that you wont get pulled over for going 5 mph over the speed limit and I'm guessing that, of those that go more than 5 or the speed limit, probably only 10% will ever get pulled over. So they should use these resources in other areas, such as crime. They instead should invest in electronic monitoring (cameras, etc.) of traffic laws.

[ShockerFever]

They need to move police from monitoring traffic laws to monitoring criminal activity. When it comes to obeying traffic laws, for example speeding, everyone does it at one time or another. The reasoning by most people is that you wont get pulled over for going 5 mph over the speed limit and I'm guessing that, of those that go more than 5 or the speed limit, probably only 10% will ever get pulled over. So they should use these resources in other areas, such as crime. They instead should invest in electronic monitoring (cameras, etc.) of traffic laws.

Yah, let’s let the highways become nascar tracks. That’ll surely make them safer.

People need to understand laws were implemented for reasons, not just to make your lives miserable.

[wichshock65]

They need to move police from monitoring traffic laws to monitoring criminal activity. When it comes to obeying traffic laws, for example speeding, everyone does it at one time or another. The reasoning by most people is that you wont get pulled over for going 5 mph over the speed limit and I'm guessing that, of those that go more than 5 or the speed limit, probably only 10% will ever get pulled over. So they should use these resources in other areas, such as crime. They instead should invest in electronic monitoring (cameras, etc.) of traffic laws.

That's a great idea! No longer need to pull over drunk drivers before they kill someone. Perfect!

SMH. Are people really this stupid????

[Shockm]

They need to move police from monitoring traffic laws to monitoring criminal activity. When it comes to obeying traffic laws, for example speeding, everyone does it at one time or another. The reasoning by most people is that you wont get pulled over for going 5 mph over the speed limit and I'm guessing that, of those that go more than 5 or the speed limit, probably only 10% will ever get pulled over. So they should use these resources in other areas, such as crime. They instead should invest in electronic monitoring (cameras, etc.) of traffic laws.

Yes Fev is right. You’re solution will not solve the problem of people defunding and not respecting the authority of the police. If you want police to be effective, Police will always carry a gun, they will need to be seen by the public on the street, they will need to make arrests of drunks, and others who break the law in public as shown in the story below where an arresting officer was assaulted by a person who didn’t wish to be arrested.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/4...r-in-headlock/

i remember a man man (he owned lots of guns and was a man who sometimes seemed to me to have an unhinged personality)who lived down the street from me a couple of years ago. He threatened the female who owned the house (they lived together). Her parents came, a couple of police cars showed up. While I never witnessed the conversations but over the afternoon, he was evidently removed from the home. No one was there for several days and later on, Police were camped down the street watching that house periodically for several weeks.

Police will always be irreplaceable and while small adjustments on police work may be made, no major changes can be made, if you want the public safety to exist.