Cops do not prevent crime. Citizens can even tip cops off to abusers, stalkers, etc who will commit crime and they'll do nothing and let people die. And yet cities keep throwing money at them like it will help (it won't, and yet god forbid you suggest defunding them)
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Nathan Petersen-Kindem
Big thanks to @mekka.mekka-tech.com for spotlighting this article in his thread on what police actually do, and why the NYPD’s slapstick performance after the UHG CEO shooting was not at all surprising.
We Minneapolitans have really got to get this evidence into the city’s political conversation.
We Minneapolitans have really got to get this evidence into the city’s political conversation.
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They exist to fill out a report for insurance purposes, at best.
And the ticket will be an absurdly huge fine/