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White people: have you ever "needed" to call the police? If so, for what? And how did it go? The hypothesis: most people have never actually needed a cop, and if they have, it was for something the state could easily provide an alternate solution for besides "cops."
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Ahaha, welp, this has grown beyond my capacity to like/respond to everyone, but I’m still in there reading. Thank you for sharing your stories. The consensus is overwhelming (especially for a viral thread). I hope these stories help ppl better grasp the arguments against police.
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100% agree. All times we called the cops, no armed person was needed: 1) after we realize someone had broke into our house (robbers were gone). 2) when we realized our neighbor had died (heart attack). 3) when we crashed on a road trip and where stuck in the car.
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Like the cops are the default institution to turn to, but mostly for paperwork (denounce the robbery/the death/the accident) or for help that another professional could have provided (paramedics, firefighters). Like cops as armed figures are...... Not useful
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I've called 911, but not specifically the "cops." The last time was the dumbest; I had a package stolen and needed an case number to file insurance. Before that a guy on meth was trying to break into our house while we were there. I managed to fight him off before cops arrived.
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The only time i asked a cop for help was to deal with a creep at an anime con who was yelling homophobic slurs at kids and following them across the park. When i asked if they could talk to him, the cops said "do you wanna be harassed today?" Like it was my choice this happened
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I've only ever called for car crashes, with one exception: next door neighbor was blasting music at 2am. Building had 6 units, I didn't want to knock on all of them. I called the local PD for help, insisted on accompanying the officer. Culprit apologized, we all went off to bed.
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That was in 2010. Notably, given what I've seen in the years since, I will absolutely not call the police over a noise complaint-- really, any kind of neighborhood disturbance funny business-- ever again. EVER. The one time I did, we all got lucky IMO.
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