IamThunderbolt
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Several city council members of Minneapolis are looking into disbanding police and replacing with public safety alternatives
Seems to me the smart move if you're "in charge" would be to acknowledge the right and rightfulness of demonstrating/protesting. JOIN in, actually. Whilst imploring folks to keep it peaceful and non-violent. And talk and lot about what can be done to address the legitimate concerns of those protesting. And take concrete steps towards those ends as quickly as possible. And figure out ways to incorporate protest leaders in further efforts to implement change.
Palma you're smarter than this. It is not liberal or conservative. Its self-interest.
If the looting goes unchecked who benefits in the end? Maybe not tomorrow, but in the next year or two? Think about it. Who gets more money/support/etc?
Do you really think the LAPD gives a flying fuck about small business owners?
LAPD is doing what the elected officials of Los Angeles want them to do. This isn't a rural wasteland.
Several city council members of Minneapolis are looking into disbanding police and replacing with public safety alternatives
and Palma, if you haven't seen the video of the prone protestors being teargassed, it's should be pretty easy for you to find, since there are only 15-20 videos to search through.
Seems to me the smart move if you're "in charge" would be to acknowledge the right and rightfulness of demonstrating/protesting. JOIN in, actually. Whilst imploring folks to keep it peaceful and non-violent. And talk and lot about what can be done to address the legitimate concerns of those protesting. And take concrete steps towards those ends as quickly as possible. And figure out ways to incorporate protest leaders in further efforts to implement change.
I sincerely want to be reasonable here, but I'm not going to respond anymore to anyone using the false premise "what else could be done with looters". At this point, if you're still excusing every police action as a tactical response to looters, then you just aren't being honest. I haven't seen anyone here advocate for looting, or advocate that looting shouldn't be policed, so that strawman needs to die.
No one's condoning every police action here. But plenty of people seem to think we shouldn't try and break up the protests at all during mass rioting. Liberalism at its worst.
No one's condoning every police action here. But plenty of people seem to think we shouldn't try and break up the protests at all during mass rioting. Liberalism at its worst.
it would def require the national guard to keep my 4yr old in her room against her will
It seems like the looting in LA is fairly concentrated in a few areas whereas the majority of police attention is being devoted to monitoring largely peaceful protests and then brutalizing the protesters. You don't see how the two are related? My hunch is that the police will let the looters loot to their heart's content now that activists are targeting the hefty raise that the mayor/city council gave the LAPD in its latest budget. You have to justify getting 54% of the budget of a tax income starved city.