pknopp
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You wanna go pull someone in Chicago unarmed?what about the fucklicks that blame the officers for things and the officers own body cameras show the people to be full of shit?Then yo get shot cause you are not handling your grievances properly
Again, the days when cops can do that shit are coming to an end. Pretty soon, they'll all have mandatory body cams and they'll certainly not be able to claim he was reaching for a gun or had that knife I conveniently just dropped on him or whatever shit they pull now.
never hear you bitch at the liars when they lie about the police.
This has been addressed over and over. That doesn't make the news because the system works in those instances. The reason for the protests and riots is because far too often in the past when it was shown that the police officer lied the worse that happened was dropped charges and a couple days vacation.
how will giving the police less money address that?
New laws and the threat of more protests and riots will address that. Other forms of police reform is designed to stop police harassment and expecting them to address areas they are not trained to address, like the mentally ill.
i heard all of that, over and over, before.
what i expect is that,
there will be some speeches. they will say words like "racism" and "new laws" and "reform". and there will be some patting each on the their backs, for doing something,and it will fade away.
until the next time.
Possibly. But we have already seen some reform. The widespread use of body camera's is because of the previous protests. Police officers are being charged for things they would have got away with in the past.
Will politicians forget their promises? It's certainly possible but then the next video will appear and they will be faced with their promises. Remember, this all started under Obama.
this did not start under obama. it has been a part of the status quo for as long as i can remember.
i remember hearing this same shit as a child, in the 70s and it already felt stale then.
so, you agree that giving them less money, ie defunding them, the primary rallying cry this time around,
is not going to address that actual issue.
I never said that. You asked how defunding them was going to stop them abusing people. I said that it wouldn't completely. That's not the entire point. When the police are defunded and mental health experts are funded the police are less likely to abuse someone because they are not able to understand what is going on with the person they are addressing.
We learned long ago that the best way to deal with a hostage situation was to bring in someone trained to deal with a situation like this. There is no need for a person with a gun to stop a motorist to let them know that their tail light is out.
those speeches? they will say the words, "defund" too. it will have the same level of effect.
do you realize that the job of dealing with violent criminals, will require the use of violence, and in that case, people will be hurt, sometimes black people?
No one has ever claimed it wouldn't. What is claimed is that the police can't lie about those situations or escalate the violence themselves. It's also noted that there are certain crimes where violence is never justified. A police officer doesn't get to drag you out of a car because you wouldn't put your cigarette out.
1. traffic stops are the worst. the situation is completely unknown. the driver could be a little old lady, or a criminal high on meth, that just killed a man. you use unarmed non-police for that role, they will be getting killed.
There is no reason to harm a person that pulled you over to let them know their tail light is out. Or even to write them a ticket for speeding and the letting them go on their way. This all could have been avoided if we didn't accept pulling people over on fishing expeditions. Philandro Castile was pulled over for absolutely no reason.
2. if you except the use of violence and people getting hurt, even black people, what is your plan to avoid having the wace baiters use instances of violent black criminals being hurt for demagoguery?
No idea what you are asking.
3. mental health? the answer is to lock up dangerous crazy people. anything less, and people will get hurt. you can't have the coverage of an area, with trained mental health doctors the way you can with police.
I'm not interested in your spin.
1. if cops or anyone are pulling over a car, with a driver, that is a dangerous situation. you certainly need a guy with a gun, because there is a chance that the driver is a wanted criminal, with a gun, who is prepared to kill you to get away.
There are alternatives. People don't seem to be interested. They are OK with many having their rights violated in the idea that one might get caught with a little pot.
2. if you accept the use of violence, you accept that sometimes blacks will be hurt. what is your plan to avoid having this used to incite race riots as we currently see?
Do you have examples of where people rioted where violence was justified?
3. pointing out that you can't have mental health workers patrolling a city the way we have cops do it, is not spin.
And that isn't what you said. Words mean something. Mental health workers are not meant to patrol the city. They are meant to be called out when the call mentions someone with a health issue.
1. what alternatives? do you want to stop enforcing traffic laws?
I want the police to stop finding something petty to go on fishing trips.
2. not that you would admit to. but of course.
I'll take that as a no.
3. if they are not patrolling the city the way the cops are, the cops will still be the ones to respond to a person acting dangerously.
In many cases, yes they would. Elijah McClain nor Breonna Taylor was acting dangerously.
1. you want change, then state the change you want. ceasing the enforcement of traffic laws would end traffic stops. stating that you disagree with the judgement call of individual cops, who have the job of traffic stops, is not a change.
You and I both know what I am talking about. Philandro Castille had done nothing to get pulled over.
2. hands up, don't shoot was a lie. and there were riots afterwards. for one limited example. which you will reject, because of reasons.
We have the word of one side in that situation. That's not what I asked for.
3. maybe one of the cities that defund the police, will be a success story you can point to, to back up this claim. until then, it looks like, at best, wishful thinking.
We have already started reforms.
1. i'm not denying the reality of "fishing expeditions". i asking you what change you want. stopping traffic law enforcement would do it.
One idea has been noted over and over. No more armed law enforcement pulling people over. If you think we can retrain the police to no longer pull people over for fishing trips, great. I'm not so sure of that but I'm not writing laws or policy. I really don't care how it's done. If you have nothing better to do than pull someone over for something minor or something you just made up you have too much time on your hands and that's a good argument for fewer officers.
2. hands up don't shoot was a lie. it is fine example of how an example of use of violence that happens to hurt a black person, can, and will turn into an issue. this is the norm. if your changes, are not prepared to deal with that, than nothing will change. a hundred years from now, whites will be an oppressed minority, and wace baiters will still be whining about some black thug getting shot.
It might have been a lie, it might not have been but it would seem that you have no actual example.
3. get back to me, when mental health workers are the first responders, and it lasts for more than good month, so we can get some numbers.
Fine with me.
Why not? Whoever you pull over has no concern over being concerned. They know they aren't going to get shot for doing what they were asked to do.
Besides, there are more than one way to handle this. If a monitor catches someone doing 65 in a 45 they can record the plate number and relay the info for a citation to be sent to the home.