National Protest and 'disband the cops' discussion (and now ICE)

[ThunderHorse]

Public: "We need better police"
Police Union: "We need more money to train our officers better"
City Council and Public: "We must de-fund the police"

The quotes in this article, LITERALLY, shows how stupid the city council members of New York are.
New York Police Department's budget has been slashed by $1 billion

They just cut the NYPD budget by 20%.

Public: "Police Unions are bad, it makes it hard to remove bad cops"
Police Union: "Actually, no, Police Unions protect cops from shit like this."

This was a long time coming. Guess what though, when crimes rises in New York, the money will come back and you'll get back to regressive policing because the idiot Mayor will campaign on that.

 

[Devildoc]

Public: "We need better police"
Police Union: "We need more money to train our officers better"
City Council and Public: "We must de-fund the police"

The quotes in this article, LITERALLY, shows how stupid the city council members of New York are.
New York Police Department's budget has been slashed by $1 billion

They just cut the NYPD budget by 20%.

Public: "Police Unions are bad, it makes it hard to remove bad cops"
Police Union: "Actually, no, Police Unions protect cops from shit like this."

This was a long time coming. Guess what though, when crimes rises in New York, the money will come back and you'll get back to regressive policing because the idiot Mayor will campaign on that.

Slashed $1 billion. Is that 'billion' with a 'b'?? Holy mother of massive taxation.

 

[pardus]

Welcome to New CHAZ, aka NYC City Hall. NYPD has withdrawn from its position holding the perimeter of City Hall.

Good, burn the fucking place to the ground.
FUCK NYC! Snake Pilskin is buying a new eye patch for the next phase.
I hope the cops take a very passive stance now and let the city burn.

 

[757]

More Peaceful Rhetoric from the "protesters" such as "I want to hang him from a fucking tree like he do us" and "I want to put my foot on his fucking neck like he do us." Thanks for the initial link Thunder.

 

[DA SWO]

Provo Shooter is a 33 year old pasty white guy from Salt Lake City.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Columbus takes down Columbus statue: WATCH: Christopher Columbus statue removed from Columbus City Hall

ETA: This is just getting weird. Someone always fills the power vacuum.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1278099890501873665

 

[pardus]

Columbus takes down Columbus statue: WATCH: Christopher Columbus statue removed from Columbus City Hall

ETA: This is just getting weird. Someone always fills the power vacuum.

So first of all wow, and a bemused, slightly confused "yay...?"

I guess the city of Columbus is going to have to change their name name. Wouldn't that be a pisser!?

 

[pardus]

We're going to see the Klan attacking black folks soon in the name of BLM... smfh

 

[Kraut783]

 

[RackMaster]

An interesting read.

The Power of Narrative: The George Floyd Protests Aren’t Just About Policing | C2C Journal

 

[Devildoc]

An interesting read.

The Power of Narrative: The George Floyd Protests Aren’t Just About Policing | C2C Journal

This is a really great article, and boiling down to what my mother would tell me growing up, "you are either the master of or a slave to circumstances. You can't be both."

 

[RackMaster]

This is a really great article, and boiling down to what my mother would tell me growing up, "you are either the master of or a slave to circumstances. You can't be both."

I came from a very poor family. Lots of hand me down clothes from cousin's and being regulars at the food bank. I was the first to break into the "middle class" and become a home owner. All thanks to myself and wanting to make my life better for my kid's.

 

[Devildoc]

I came from a very poor family. Lots of hand me down clothes from cousin's and being regulars at the food bank. I was the first to break into the "middle class" and become a home owner. All thanks to myself and wanting to make my life better for my kid's.

My mother was born in 1940, she was the youngest to six kids, she grew up dirt poor on a farm, until she was a teenager their house didn't have running water and had to use an outhouse.

My mother was batshit crazy, and we did not generally get along, but she used those experiences as a source of strength and not as an excuse. I will always appreciate her and thank her for that.

 

[SaintKP]

Public: "We need better police"
Police Union: "We need more money to train our officers better"
City Council and Public: "We must de-fund the police"

The quotes in this article, LITERALLY, shows how stupid the city council members of New York are.
New York Police Department's budget has been slashed by $1 billion

They just cut the NYPD budget by 20%.

Public: "Police Unions are bad, it makes it hard to remove bad cops"
Police Union: "Actually, no, Police Unions protect cops from shit like this."

This was a long time coming. Guess what though, when crimes rises in New York, the money will come back and you'll get back to regressive policing because the idiot Mayor will campaign on that.

Do you want New York circa 1980s cause that's how you go back to New York circa 1980s

 

[ThunderHorse]

I came from a very poor family. Lots of hand me down clothes from cousin's and being regulars at the food bank. I was the first to break into the "middle class" and become a home owner. All thanks to myself and wanting to make my life better for my kid's.

Like I said in Open Mic, what feels like six months ago, but may have only been a month ago. I'm just a poor mixed kid who happened to do well enough in school to get a ROTC scholarship that allowed me become an Army Officer and lead men.

 

[Locksteady]

ETA: This is just getting weird. Someone always fills the power vacuum.

They've always filled the power vacuum in their neighborhoods - it's just that this time the ones flexing at them sideways weren't law enforcement.

 

[ThunderHorse]

So the CEO of LA County is cutting the LASD budget by a lot. And Los Angeles is going to dismantle the LAPD!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1278035222584422400

In a sense I can't wait. These people are dumb, did they swallow the worm in the budget mezcal bottle?

 

[GOTWA]

So like...firefighters?

 

[Blizzard]

Would love a compilation video of all these moments of brilliance from the past month or so:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1278428211471437826

https://twitter.com/x/status/1266906893383016449

 

[Jackflerp]

LA had 258 murders in 2018... I don't know how they expect to solve a crime problem by dismantling the only organization prepared to fight crime. I'm a fan of putting social workers, psychologists, and other community resources WITH police, but not INSTEAD OF police. How often do police come into a non-violent scene that turns violent before the whole thing is over? My guess is often enough to easily warrant being armed all of the time. Rayshard Brooks was respectful and non-violent until he wasn't. Not sure how a psychologist would handle that kind of situation. People don't like getting arrested, and non-violent crimes are still crimes and still require a punishment.