Cops 9: You Are What Now?

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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So I haven't been paying attention in detail to his actions of the past few days, but why the daily trips to churches? Have they announced some sort of reasoning or theme, or are they just doing it unannounced at random?

Internal polling shows his religious base is losing enthusiasm.

 

[Kepler]

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Internal polling shows his religious base is losing enthusiasm.

If only.

 

[Handyman]

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What do you think would happen? Play it out.

I am...it is a ****ing horrible idea. Ranks right up there with the Anarchy Government Clowns.

No one as educated as you could honestly believe this is a good idea unless A) they live in a gated community with security or B) never actually go outside and talk to people or see what is actually going on.

But if you want to volunteer to do it in your town have at it. Please live stream it

 

[Kepler]

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I'm asking you what would happen. Do you think the streets would run red with blood or something?

I'm trying to get at something. We intuitively feel that policing decreases violence, but is that empirically verifiable?

This isn't a libertarian "the government does not have the authority durr" argument. Resolved: we have the authority to establish police. But... should we?

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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I'm asking you what would happen. Do you think the streets would run red with blood or something?

Your neighbor with the AR-15 appoints himself as night watch. Shoots anyone darker than a slight suntan who wanders by.

 

[Kepler]

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Your neighbor with the AR-15 appoints himself as night watch. Shoots anyone darker than a slight suntan who wanders by.

The elimination of police does not end laws. It is still illegal for my neighbor to appoint himself The Night's Watch or The King's Guard or any other NRA Medieval Times LARP fantasy.

There are still sheriffs and marshals. There is still law enforcement. But we don't have proactive patrols looking for (and creating) trouble.

 

[Handyman]

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Your neighbor with the AR-15 appoints himself as night watch. Shoots anyone darker than a slight suntan who wanders by.

Neighbors on the shadier side decide they will then appoint themselves as regulators to fight back. Bougie Liberals and ******nozzle GOPers will watch from a distance and then flee like babies when the Poors show up at their door.

 

[aparch]

The elimination of police does not end laws. It is still illegal for my neighbor to appoint himself The Night's Watch or The King's Guard or any other NRA Medieval Times LARP fantasy.

There are still sheriffs and marshals. There is still law enforcement. But we don't have proactive patrols looking for (and creating) trouble.

So you're a constitutionalist. Got it.

 

[Handyman]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This boy had his hands up when an NYPD ofcr pulled his mask down and pepper sprayed him. ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/NYPDShea?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYPDShea</a>⁩? Mayor ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BilldeBlasio</a>⁩? <a href="https://t.co/YtXDOoVckA">pic.twitter.com/YtXDOoVckA</a></p>— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sifill_LDF/status/1266928343141752833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Drew S.]

The elimination of police does not end laws. It is still illegal for my neighbor to appoint himself The Night's Watch or The King's Guard or any other NRA Medieval Times LARP fantasy.

There are still sheriffs and marshals. There is still law enforcement. But we don't have proactive patrols looking for (and creating) trouble.

What did the police in Philly do yesterday? They even posed for pictures with those w-anchors.

 

[Handyman]

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So Barr is the one who ordered the police to clear the park so Trump could waddle to the Church that doesnt want him around...well that should go over well.

Oh and:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: Attorney General Bill Barr releases statement on protests in Washington, D.C., saying, "there will be even greater law enforcement resources and support in the region tonight." <a href="https://t.co/BfX8QRDAYd">https://t.co/BfX8QRDAYd</a> <a href="https://t.co/VrTADbjYe7">pic.twitter.com/VrTADbjYe7</a></p>— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1267877098141683714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

DC is gonna burn.

 

[state of hockey]

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I know we didn't need more evidence that he isn't the people's attorney, but good grief.

 

[Rover]

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So, no police departments. What happens?

First, Richie Rich's hire their own personal protection and are theoretically untouched by crime, particularly when they hire all the now former police officers.

Middle class people who can't afford such niceties arm themselves because they can at least afford that and put up signs saying "this property protected by a firearm" or some such threatening message. They also press state officials in every state to pass shoot on sight laws.

So, that leaves the poor law abiding citizens taking it in the shorts. They're at the mercy of criminals who cannot be trusted to behave on their own. Their property and businesses will be regularly raided particularly the elderly and disabled who don't have the same ability to fight back.

I think I'll skip this world and just concentrate on weeding out and prosecuting bad cops.

 

[Handyman]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Police Didn’t Spend Millions On Awesome Tank Just To Let Protests Stay Peaceful <a href="https://t.co/ZsC4Xc6Pcj">https://t.co/ZsC4Xc6Pcj</a> <a href="https://t.co/G2SM6JtVAT">pic.twitter.com/G2SM6JtVAT</a></p>— The Onion (@TheOnion) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1267886177463537664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Handyman]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Air Force Chief of Staff <a href="https://twitter.com/GenDaveGoldfein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GenDaveGoldfein</a> <a href="https://t.co/JVKyjzhi9Z">https://t.co/JVKyjzhi9Z</a></p>— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1267912996682174465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Handyman]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Minnesota <a href="https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovTimWalz</a>: "Today as a step towards that deconstruction of systemic racism, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights is filing a Commissioners Charge of Discrimination to launch a Civil Rights Investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department." <a href="https://t.co/UTdrfaiZi6">pic.twitter.com/UTdrfaiZi6</a></p>— CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1267912495496298501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Suck it Bob Kroll.

 

[rufus]

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So I haven't been paying attention in detail to his actions of the past few days, but why the daily trips to churches? Have they announced some sort of reasoning or theme, or are they just doing it unannounced at random?

Playing to the evangelicals. He's the god-fearing righteous man being besieged by those godless black and brown heathens bent on violence and destruction. He will be their savior, and protect them from the evil-doers.

 

[Jimjamesak]

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I can understand Kepler’s sentiment though I wouldn’t be so *waves hands* dooshy about it.

I can see disbanding all the local and county level police/sheriffs and running everything at the state level. It would help to eliminate a lot of the problems like the “policing for our budget” s- like in Ferguson and the “I got fired but hired in the next town over” problem. It would also cut out rich suburbs from creating their own PDs to “keep the riff raff out”.

Though the possibility of having huge problems with racial bias and other associated problems still exists. Though giving the State Legislators more oversight into policing isn’t terrible.

 

[rufus]

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So Barr is the one who ordered the police to clear the park so Trump could waddle to the Church that doesnt want him around...well that should go over well.

Oh and:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: Attorney General Bill Barr releases statement on protests in Washington, D.C., saying, "there will be even greater law enforcement resources and support in the region tonight." <a href="https://t.co/BfX8QRDAYd">https://t.co/BfX8QRDAYd</a> <a href="https://t.co/VrTADbjYe7">pic.twitter.com/VrTADbjYe7</a></p>— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1267877098141683714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

DC is gonna burn.

Meanwhile, while Barr is thanking them for their cooperation in the operation, Esper and Milley are in the media saying they had no idea that attacks of force were happening.

 

[Handyman]

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I dont trust half the states to fund and run a competent police department. Not to mention you really think the racist twats wont find their way onto said State run force? Shifting which entity in charge wont fix the issue.