Post 9vqADvtMa7FJb0mDB2 by it_wasnt_arson@queer.party
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 (DIR) Post #9vp1TClJ31pLW2FuFM by Gargron@mastodon.social
       2020-06-06T23:40:42Z
       
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       Even with all the eyes of the world on them, US cops can't stop killing and maiming people, ramming cars into crowds, shooting at nurses and journalists, pepper spraying kids and pregnant women... Not just a few cops, not just one department, but systematically across the US. ACAB
       
 (DIR) Post #9vp1TCwIOAcM47OgNM by Satis@fedibird.com
       2020-06-06T23:48:54Z
       
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       @Gargron No matter what country you live in, as long as you are a human being, you will think and say and do things differently.It is because of these differences that things like this have happened.It's not just a problem for cops.All humans have the potential to do what that cop did.We need to reevaluate our thinking, our words and our actions, and not just make it a cop problem.
       
 (DIR) Post #9vp68dDQ00KDFVPjJg by vandys@mst.vsta.org
       2020-06-07T00:41:14Z
       
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       @Gargron When your back window caves in and somebody enters your house at 2AM, you have two options.  You can be proficient with violence and go downstairs and handle it yourself.  Or you're going to call 911 and ask for somebody to act on your behalf.I can do the former (say, in the top 25% of the population).  But it's a sucky solution.  You can't just spray hate on the current solution.  We need a better morphing of what it is into what it should/could be.
       
 (DIR) Post #9vqADvtMa7FJb0mDB2 by it_wasnt_arson@queer.party
       2020-06-07T12:57:34Z
       
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       @vandys and if you take the second solution, the cops will either do nothing, execute a petty thief on the spot, or kill you and your dog
       
 (DIR) Post #9vqADwBRUthwV5EeMC by vandys@mst.vsta.org
       2020-06-07T13:01:42Z
       
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       @it_wasnt_arson Actually, at least around here the numbers still say they'll probably show up and help.  I agree that the odds of the eventualities you listed are higher than we should accept as a society!I really doubt making them hated, defunded, and embattled is the right path forward.  The danger is to try for the middle path and have it degenerate into status quo.
       
 (DIR) Post #9vqX8nBhoWEm69sFdo by 9vVlQ7B44mOHOY3BhY.kino@springbo.cc
       2020-06-07T17:18:35.766124Z
       
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       @Gargron aight