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Minneapolis to disband police department

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    Copper
    wrote on 8 Jun 2020, 01:33 last edited by
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    They are going to do it

    Stunning

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/06/07/minneapolis-votes-to-disband-police-department/#e9e1b0352744

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      Rainman
      wrote on 8 Jun 2020, 01:35 last edited by
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      It's a great idea.

      Try it. Let's see what happens.

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 8 Jun 2020, 01:39 last edited by
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        Maybe they’ll do what Camden did and disband a city department and launch one at county level.

        Only non-witches get due process.

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          89th
          wrote on 8 Jun 2020, 01:40 last edited by
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          I heard downtown Minneapolis 911 dispatchers are being taught how to respond to calls with “thoughts and prayers”.

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          • R Rainman
            8 Jun 2020, 01:35

            It's a great idea.

            Try it. Let's see what happens.

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            Mik
            wrote on 8 Jun 2020, 01:41 last edited by
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            @Rainman said in Minneapolis to disband police department:

            It's a great idea.

            Try it. Let's see what happens.

            As long as its not here I’m good with it.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              George K
              wrote on 8 Jun 2020, 01:52 last edited by
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              I've not gotten into the weeds of what "disband" means, but just from the thread title, I think of this:

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              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                Horace
                wrote on 8 Jun 2020, 01:57 last edited by
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                I am sure defunding the police polls well among high status progressives. I wonder how it polls among the underclass they are protecting.

                Education is extremely important.

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                  Rainman
                  wrote on 8 Jun 2020, 02:04 last edited by
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                  Not sure of course, but there may be more than meets the eye, in terms of what has been going on internally with their police department.
                  I would assume in a short amount of time, regardless of what the "new and improved" police are called, it will be "New Boss Same As the Old Boss."

                  Or even more likely, it's not gonna happen, it will be a shell game of moving currently responsible people into different positions, adding some new diversity offices and programs, and making sure the right color and gender is in all leadership positions. Not at all sure if that would be enough, given their immigrant population.

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                    8 Jun 2020, 01:40

                    I heard downtown Minneapolis 911 dispatchers are being taught how to respond to calls with “thoughts and prayers”.

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                    Catseye3
                    wrote on 8 Jun 2020, 09:29 last edited by Catseye3 6 Aug 2020, 09:31
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                    @89th said: I heard downtown Minneapolis 911 dispatchers are being taught how to respond to calls with “thoughts and prayers”.

                    Heh.

                    Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh.

                    Ha! Ha! HA!

                    I'm with Rainman. Let 'em have what they want, see what happens.

                    Can't you see it? Defrocked cops cruising slowly through streets littered with broken and moaning bodies and storefront window glass shards, loudspeaking things like, "Don't worry, we're not here to do police stuff. We're just here to send you our thoughts and prayers.

                    "Let us know if you need us to do anything else."

                    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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