BLM protest organizer pleads guilty to 20 counts of possession of child pornography
(thepostmillennial.com)
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We can't say where defunding the police has worked because it hasn't happened anywhere really. The militarized police state continues to exist. It could work in Detroit. How many tanks and shit does a local police agency actually need? I'd guess none. How often do you actually need a police officer to respond to a mental health crisis when a mental health expert would be better in 99% of instances? How many fancy toys actually increase the effectiveness of policing instead of just continuing to feed the military industrial complex?
These are options for getting rid of police power without affecting the ability of police to respond to crimes or home invasions or whatever else. And just because you believe BLM is actually after lawlessness doesn't mean defunding the militarized arm of the state is a bad idea at all.
yes I'm all for cutting out the militarization of police. Of course.
You have to have something in place when you cut out the police. Are we to lay down, and enforce, our own laws? That's cool with me. That inevitably turns into survival of the fittest. It'll be an anarchistic bloodbath.