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"Defunding" the police is an intellectual coward's way out for leftists who are "woke" to the point of being sleep-deprived. They don't want to grapple with the reality of crime and how systemic racism has put POC in the way of social harm that ensures they *need* police.
I'm totally with you on decriminalizing a broad litany of social problems and diverting money to programs that address these noncriminally, from housing to drug treatment. But not all crime is fixable this way. What social program is going to end DUI? Domestic violence? Rape?
The real goal here is getting cops to serve POC the same way they serve white people. But that's so much harder to do than pretending you can just eliminate police and handwave away all crime through some piecemeal patchwork of other social programs.
We are at a crucial crossroads of social attitudes on law and order. The public is horrified by what happened to George Floyd and questioning why our prisons are so bloated. We're moving to a broader social understanding that the justice system has limits and can destroy lives.
Hell, we've reached the point where even *Republicans* feel the need to take reformist postures. Trump did little in the way of real criminal justice reform, but he touts things like drug pardons and expanding time credit in federal prisons. It's surreal to see that from the GOP.
AND YET, the public, including nonwhite people, still very much want police to be available when they need them. And Republicans have successfully scared many voters into thinking that won't be the case under Democrats, because we have sent mixed messages.
Dems very much got the ball rolling on justice reform and their actual ideas on how to hold police accountable to their communities poll very well. If we blow this moment because of a stupid three-word slogan and let the GOP look like the reasonable ones, we deserve what we get.
Uhh...social programs could fix all of these if we actually funded social workers and drug/alcohol rehab and mental health programs the way we do SWAT teams and tactical units, my dude...
You think funding mental health programs and social workers could reduce rape? How so?
Please show me that time police ended DUI, domestic violence, or rape
Alcoholism counseling, medical programs for recovering and active alcoholics, funding and GOOD options for women to safely exit dangerous relationships, teaching consent + sexual orientation history in schools, prosecuting rapists to the full extent.
This is interesting. So there is still a criminal justice system? You do think criminals should be taken in, charged and prosecuted. But does that not require investigation and arrest? I realize someone besides police could do that, just trying to understand the scenario
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