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How true is it in your opinion that in the US, politicians campaign on "adding [X $ amount] to police!" where police is seen as unqualified good -- (edited)

Posted by con_carne Jun 11 '20, 10:12

Or have your politicians adopted the "first responders" euphemism and you don't know if it's cops or what else that they support. Make sense?

I have a lot of "police tunnel vision" being from So Cal.

Edit: I realized politicians call each other out on their ads for daring to have a budget with less money for cops (not "first responders"). These are the sort of ads where police unions get mentioned.

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Here in California, they sure put it in the negative campaign ads when a Democrat sneezes in the general direction of a budget with less money - con_carne Jun 11, 10:18
For example, "cop on every corner" seems to have a generational divide whether that's a good thing or bad thing. - con_carne Jun 11, 10:15
The nearby city of Surrey is working to spin up a police force from nothing. So they've been doing that exact thing, but grander. Heh. - Beryllium Jun 11, 10:15 1
- I'm afraid I don't have a concept of "sorry, there's not enough money for the cops." Even Clinton added billions for law enforcement. -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 11:07

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