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Minneapolis PD going bye-bye if City Council has its way -- (link)

Posted by TWuG Jun 7 '20, 14:51

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https://twitter.com/ACLUMN/status/1269738051498106880?s=19 (twitter.com)

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How would that work? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 7, 15:03 7
- Hire Blackwater. -- nm - Max Jun 7, 15:34
- Replace the bulk of their work which is spent hassling people with social services meant to help people. - TWuG Jun 7, 15:28 1
  - So if my next door neighbor is beating the shit out of his wife while holding a gun, a social worker will be there in under 10 minutes and fix it? -- nm - zunkskunk Jun 7, 15:36
- Essentially the idea is that in America we use police for everything. - Qale Jun 7, 15:15 2
  - "To serve and protect" - Spawn Jun 7, 15:31 1
    - “You’re a public servant. Get me a glass of water!” -- nm - znufrii Jun 7, 15:32
- you start out by knowing nothing is happening to the county the Sheriff Dept. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 7, 15:10
I understand the concept of reducing police funding to fund other social approaches to things. But no PD? I don't get that. -- nm - ty97 Jun 7, 15:02 8
- county Sheriffs don't change -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 7, 15:11
- This thread (kinda disjointed) has some explanations. (Abolish is a poor word choice.) -- (link) - Tim Jun 7, 15:10
- It means disbanding the PD and standing up a new police force with a different name. -- nm - spamlet Jun 7, 15:05 3
  - It's like after the ValuJet crash, they renamed themselves AirTran. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 7, 15:11 1
    - Technically, ValuJet bought the smaller Airtrain airline and then adopted the name, but yeah. -- nm - ty97 Jun 7, 15:14
  - Avengers Assemble. -- nm - mud Jun 7, 15:06
- For a time, it might operate like towns here in BC - no local PD, so RCMP provides services. Except for Minnesota that might be the BCA. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 15:04 1
  - RCMP stands for Royal Canadian Mounted...? -- nm - zunkskunk Jun 7, 15:30
interesting. -- nm - mud Jun 7, 14:53

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