This is fundamentally it. Most police departments have become a cancerous growth on city budgets, and their ability to protect themselves from accountability and oversight through both active and passive means of resistance has successfully defenestrated Dems in a lot of areas. - ThreadSky

abw56.bsky.social • 3 days ago

This is fundamentally it. Most police departments have become a cancerous growth on city budgets, and their ability to protect themselves from accountability and oversight through both active and passive means of resistance has successfully defenestrated Dems in a lot of areas.

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bryyyyguy.bsky.social•3 days ago

Just look at what happened to Chesa Boudin in San Francisco. The cops were so mad that he would dare charge an officer for homicide that they worsened response times to help push the narrative for the recall campaign.

moreorlessbunk.bsky.social•3 days ago

Police is most major cities have been on strike since 2020. They don’t work but still demand more money. If people don’t like to say defund, maybe we ask what we’re paying these bozos for.

bryyyyguy.bsky.social•3 days ago

All the while case clearance rates have continued to decline despite the money spent. Which of course will be used as a demand for more funding even though the causation is backwards.

originalist.bsky.social•3 days ago

SFPD data showing massive increase in funding, massive decline in police work

While attacking who they "protect and serve" with racist and homophobic slurs (https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SFPD-can-seek-discipline-of-officers-for-racist-13225294.php)

"Epidemic" (DOJ) crisis across the country of actual murders and torture, let alone "law and order"

originalist.bsky.social•3 days ago

"After striking SFPD officers started shooting out streetlights, the ACLU obtained a court order prohibiting strikers from carrying their service revolvers. Again, the SFPD ignored the court order."

SFPD then did this to the San Francisco mayor's home and won!

originalist.bsky.social•3 days ago

“police kidnap de blasio’s daughter and issue veiled threat demanding the mayor authorize specific tactics” is a thing that happened and was a blip in the press
https://bsky.app/profile/starshine.bsky.social/post/3lnxt6vlcpk2r
Wildcat cop strikes are probably the most insane regular occurrence that is never actually talked about.

booridley.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think the solution here is to dismantle the police unions and simply fire 10% of cops with the worst misconduct records. If you don’t do the work required you don’t get to have a well paid, great benefits government job.

booridley.bsky.social•3 days ago

We need to get creative with how to hold PD’s accountable. I think focusing on the funding and related taxes is actually a weak spot for cops as an interest group. The public shouldn’t be spending 40% of the budget on the police nor hundreds of millions on unnecessary overtime and legal settlements.

cpenny42.bsky.social•3 days ago

I vote that every time taxpayers have to pay for a court settlement/judgement due to police misconduct, that exact amount is removed from the police budgets moving forward. If they don’t want their budgets to shrink, they shouldn’t violate people’s rights.

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