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Maybe they should have a better answer than “no one should feel like they have any protection” to the obvious question. -- (link)

Posted by spamlet Jun 8 '20, 16:41

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I’m beginning to think they haven’t thought this through (twitter.com)

Responses:

I call Smith and Wesson -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 17:36 9
- I honestly don’t think if I called the cops they’d get here fast enough. - Epiphany Jun 8, 17:43 8
  - I think full stats would show that police responding to a call and arriving in time to thwart a crime in progress is rare everywhere. - Max Jun 8, 18:30 6
    - It’s a reactionary thought “ the police will save us “ - Epiphany Jun 8, 18:45 4
      - The bedrock concept of the defund police movement, as I understand it, is to give communities the tools to do just that. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 8, 18:46 3
        
        Maybe, but if we learned anything from Brexit it should have been not to jump before you know where you're going to land. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 18:48 2
        
        Fortunately the way legislation works in this country, we're not going to have policy determined by a vote on "Do you want to defund the police?" -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man Jun 8, 18:53 1
        
        "Do you love winning? Check this box." -- nm - 2016 Jun 8, 19:09
    - But, won't somebody think of the KaReNs? -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man Jun 8, 18:31
  - Same with me, actually. - ReluctantCynic Jun 8, 18:24
Ghostbusters, obviously. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 8, 17:34
Do you have a problem with the question or the response? Because the response is correct. -- nm - David Jun 8, 17:02 21
- If the response is correct, then I have been living in white privilege paradise my entire life. - Jovian Jun 8, 17:06 17
  - everyone else already said it, but it reminded me of this gif ... -- (pic) - Beryllium Jun 8, 17:26 [Attachment]
  - Yes. Really. We really have been living in this bubble. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 17:20 10
    - Kim’s sister gave up her career and started working at Barnes and Noble because of police corruption, -- nm - David Jun 8, 17:25 7
      - :( -- nm - Strongbad Jun 8, 19:46
      - wow. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 17:38 1
        
        Perhaps ironically, she got furloughed at BN due to the pandemic and just came back to criminal justice today. -- nm* - David Jun 8, 17:41
      - really, corruption is everywhere. -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 17:37 2
        
        They run a good scam where novels are labeled Young Adult and then people get mad when there is sex in them! - Qale Jun 8, 18:09
        
        You’re right. The theft story on b2 was entirely new to me. -- nm - David Jun 8, 17:39
      - :-[ -- nm - mud Jun 8, 17:31
    - I have to add, I did know many years ago. Every single time I meet a cop, I instantly become low iq anxious white lady, because it always works. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 17:22 1
      - Gonna take this further. Here's my story. In the mid 90s my cousin Philippe was getting married in Quebec, I was in grad school in Central NY. Our fam - loosilu Jun 8, 17:33
  - They only show reliably if there is someone shot. And probably backed by more than a couple calls. - Qale Jun 8, 17:19
  - I mean... - David Jun 8, 17:11
  - They don't show up where I live all of the time. 80-90%, -- nm - jnine Jun 8, 17:10
  - "911 is a joke in yo town" -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 17:08 1
    - And that’s like 30 years old. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 17:32
- At the end she says no one should have police protection. - spamlet Jun 8, 17:04 2
  - She says many people already live in a world where calling the police means more harm is done. - David Jun 8, 17:06 1
    - That I agree with and why we need reform. Just before that is about everyone living that way. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 17:31
Maybe the so-called "news" media should do better than trolling guests with questions grounded in obtuse pedantry. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 8, 16:53
This is why I was asking on the backboards. They want to just get rid of all protection. Where I live, the police take 45 minutes or more to show up - jnine Jun 8, 16:45 3
- STL city police have put out a list of crimes they simply won’t respond to including most property crimes and car thefts. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 16:46 2
  - LA won't arrest anyone or respond to, except during the riots, theft less than $1000, homeless involved assaults, minor drug sales, car accidents, it's like -- (edited) - jnine Jun 8, 16:52 1
    - I figure everyone involved with LAPD’s budget isn’t answering their cellphone this month. -- nm - David Jun 8, 17:18

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