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_Hack_The_Planet_ OP t1_j9ui10x wrote

Remember that many on r/Boston want to defund the police and also let criminals out of prisons. What could go wrong?

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Conan776 t1_j9uij1e wrote

So the shover was released from prison? I don't see that mentioned in the article.

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TheGator25 t1_j9ujkdo wrote

Yep I saw Mayor Wu personally escort the shover out of prison with a giant smile on her face and then he looked at me and winked.

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XHIBAD t1_j9vj19y wrote

Can confirm, I was the shover. I also got a free Obama phone out of it, which is what I’m redditing on in between prayers to Kamala Harris

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Middle-Example6618 t1_j9ujmgi wrote

remember that many here also fail to recognize that 'defund' was used to get exactly their attention, because it got ours 10 and 20 years earlier, when arts education, afterschool programs, music education, and jobs programs for youth were DEFUNDED.

I bet that criminal that you want to blame a shortage of authoritarians for ALSO didn't have anyone to show him how to do better.

You're a pinecone, get out of the way.

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_Hack_The_Planet_ OP t1_j9ukvsw wrote

> fail to recognize that 'defund' was used to get exactly their attention,

No, it literally means abolish the police.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html

Edit:

Title "Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police"

quote from the article:

I’ve been advocating the abolition of the police for years. Regardless of your view on police power — whether you want to get rid of the police or simply to make them less violent — here’s an immediate demand we can all make: Cut the number of police in half and cut their budget in half. Fewer police officers equals fewer opportunities for them to brutalize and kill people. The idea is gaining traction in Minneapolis, Dallas, Los Angeles and other cities.

People would have you believe differently, but this is what the advocates are proposing. They'll lie about the message because that's all the activists have: is lies.

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Viivusvine t1_j9v8rk5 wrote

To anyone who doesn’t have a NYT subscription, “policing as we know it must be abolished before it can be transformed.” The article isn’t about permanently abolishing police. Americans have actually been talking about the “bad apples” in the police force since at least Prohibition. It’s evidently not working.

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_Hack_The_Planet_ OP t1_j9um80p wrote

> You're a pinecone, get out of the way.

Also, you are most likely a criminal. The reason that you don't like the police is because you want to hurt others and get away with it.

You belong in prison.

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Trpdoc t1_j9urzwh wrote

Lol well the police are funded and dude still got pushed on the tracks. Screw the police they did nothing to help.

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SinibusUSG t1_j9uy2ge wrote

Almost like crime is better solved by addressing underlying societal issues to prevent it rather than by arresting and punishing people after the fact.

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IDCFFSGTFO t1_j9xwehs wrote

>did nothing to help

Yeah except stop the lunatic from pushing more people onto the tracks. That's really not nothing. But it's fine, you can always become Batman and save the next person, right? Thank god for you.

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hallvard25 t1_j9uz6fg wrote

God if only they’d banished the police then we could be living in my dream mad max world and I wouldn’t have to read your idiotic opinions.

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Justtryme90 t1_j9vdrlc wrote

Would love to see the police department de militarized and the number of officers increased with the savings.

They don't need tanks, just numbers to enforce the laws.

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Alloverunder t1_j9wdj7l wrote

Lol but they never did it and he still got pushed onto the tracks though. What's your point?

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