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Imagine being a hard-working, honest person who hears this news and is considering investing half a million to buy house there.
It's really clear we're not heading in a sustainable or stable direction as a society.
Imagine being a hard-working, honest person who hears this news and is considering investing half a million to buy house there.
It's really clear we're not heading in a sustainable or stable direction as a society.
If they decriminalize the most common crimes then they'll be able to say 'see our crime rate went down without police!'
If they decriminalize the most common crimes then they'll be able to say 'see our crime rate went down without police!'
True.
I agree in general with defunding the police though. Nowadays we have government overreach and they are mostly used to generate revenue. There's a place for police but that place isn't in the form of ruining kids lives who are on the way to work to do manual labor but had some marijuana, or giving tickets for 2 over, or enforcing fines because yards were an inch too high.
True.
I agree in general with defunding the police though. Nowadays we have government overreach and they are mostly used to generate revenue. There's a place for police but that place isn't in the form of ruining kids lives who are on the way to work to do manual labor but had some marijuana, or giving tickets for 2 over, or enforcing fines because yards were an inch too high.
We could have meaningful, effective, and reasonable police reform like toning down the militarization of the police, ending the war on drugs, etc.
Instead we get this nonsense.
We could have meaningful, effective, and reasonable police reform like toning down the militarization of the police, ending the war on drugs, etc.
Instead we get this nonsense.
Some notable things in the proposed legislation/blueprints:
Eliminate SWAT team funding
Many steps to basically fully defund the entire police department (no more new equipment or hiring, dissolving various departments and responsibilities, no more bonuses/strictly limited overtime, etc).
Transfer responsibilities of 911 dispatch, traffic/parking enforcement, emergency management out of SPD. 911 dispatch would go to a new civilian led group.
Decriminalize misdemeanors such as shoplifting, low-level drug charges, trespassing, disorderly conduct
Transfer underutilized public land for BIPOC community ownership
"All empty housing stock in the city should be used until any unhoused person who wants a place to live has one" (Private property seizure?)