"Yes, literally abolish the police." "What about rape?" "Police haven't ended rape, have they?" wtf am I readingpic.twitter.com/tYMYqNTkDx
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One data point here: I was sexually assaulted last year and I didn't even begin to even start thinking about going to the police because I don't trust them.
I obviously can't and wouldn't tell you or anyone else to do, but I was stunned to find last year when I reported my stalker that the criminal side of the process was easy, warm and compassionate, and the civil side (pursuing a restraining order) was a months-long nightmare
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Ah yes I'm down with that but for some reason I imagine getting a restraining order doesn't require me to interact with actual police
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It doesn't; it does require interacting with a judge (or, in my case, three successive judges, two of which appear to have been leeched of their souls)
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I think one lesson here is not to rely on impressions created by the media, not because journalists are "evil" but because they are incentivised BY US to focus on what's "newsworthy", which doesn't always give an accurate impression of reality. Also gossip, for the v same reason
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