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11. So we should just give up and let things continue as is?

Sun Apr 18, 2021, 10:17 AM

Apr 2021

It’s not all or nothing. Since cop abolition is a total non-starter, we have to do what we can to make the system better.

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Cops have to recalibrate their response [View all] cyclonefence Apr 2021 OP

Well they successfully arrest around a million people a month EX500rider Apr 2021 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author EX500rider Apr 2021 #2

Yes. Any child running around with a gun at night should expect to be shot StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #6

Oh dear! You're getting very close to a nerve. rgbecker Apr 2021 #9

Exactly! StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #4

The system cannot be reformed. It's working as designed. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #5

So we should just give up and let things continue as is? Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #11

Abolition will never happen, at least not in our lifetimes. Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #13

Maybe. I'll keep working and advocating for it, regardless. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #14

And that's fine. Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #15

32 hours of inservice training Claire Oh Nette Apr 2021 #18

this is the part people still didn't understand Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #16

" shoot if fearful " - wrong Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #17