jessilin0113 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 1:31 pm
mcginnisc wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 1:28 pm
jessilin0113 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 1:20 pm
Again, defunding the police does not entail abolishing the police altogether. It means redirecting much of their funding to the community. There will still be cops for violent crimes. Considering the pretty low closure rate for these, though, how much good are they actually doing? Aside from that, imagine if a police officer's time and talent could go toward actually solving these types of crimes rather than wasting time removing a homeless person from a bench.
True..however, they are disbanding it according to every article I have seen.. not defunding..there is a huge difference in wording.
Disbanding is dismantling it or getting rid of it. Period. Point blank. The article even states it is being disbanded..not defunded or re-allocating funding. That is why people are so freaked out by this.. I think the majority of people would agree that looking at funding and how it is allocated is best..not getting rid of it completely like the article states ( unless I am reading every article incorrectly).
Sometimes they disband the city police and rehire them as county employees. I believe that's what Camden, NJ did, and they have had some success with it.
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/01/ ... en/549542/
I think if people knew what it meant, they would feel more comfortable with the concept. However, just saying disbanding with no other information is going to cause an issue...especially for people that have loved ones employed in Minneapolis. I know someone that works for the Minneapolis PD and he is a great guy. This whole situation has weighed heavily on him and his family- the death of Mr. Floyd, the acts of those officers, the riots ( he has been at every riot which has terrified his kids).
People keep saying this is defunding and it is not.. this is an actual disbanding of the MPD with no other information available. I straddle the line of cops need way more oversight and that not all cops are bad cops. KWIM? I do feel that society needs cops as there are some bad folks out there, but they have got to be held accountable. Period.