christiefan915 (04-21-2021)
So stop with the cultural appropriation. It's cringe-worthy.
The more weight an attacker has, they more deadly they are. That's why Chauvin (5 feet 9 inches, 140 pounds) took no chances with Fentanyl Floyd (6 feet 4 inches, 223 pounds).
So modify your behaviour and stop reading the posts.
You just made my argument that a small and thin person can be lethal to a taller and heavier person at close range.The more weight an attacker has, they more deadly they are. That's why Chauvin (5 feet 9 inches, 140 pounds) took no chances with Fentanyl Floyd (6 feet 4 inches, 223 pounds).
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
― Charles Dickens
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
― Charles Dickens
You take a really simplistic view of what that means. Read and learn.
July 7, 2020 What ‘Abolish’ and ‘Defund’ the Police Really Mean
By Jessica S. Henry, associate professor of Justice Studies
Defunding the Police Means Reforming the Way We Police in America
In its most modest iteration, “abolish the police” doesn’t really mean abolish, and “defund the police” doesn’t really mean defund. Instead, these phrases are rallying cries designed to provoke immediate and sweeping police reforms and to provide protections for Black and brown people against police violence. Under this view, the call to abolish or defund the police is a provocative way to demand serious change to law enforcement. Those who embrace this position believe that the system of policing is badly broken, but it can still be revamped and repaired.
Defunding the Police Means Reallocating Funding to Other Service Providers
Defunding the police means redirecting funds traditionally allocated for police to social service agencies. It would involve scaling back the size and scope of police responsibilities and investing in social services that help people. Advocates of this approach argue this makes the most sense since 9 out of 10 police calls are for nonviolent events. Shifting money to programs that address addiction, mental illness, homelessness and employment training may reduce crime and improve public safety in the long run. An additional reform under this model could include the decriminalization of many behaviors, including drug crimes, which can then be addressed outside the criminal justice system and in treatment and harm-reduction programs.
Defunding the Police Means Restarting from the Ground Up
Some proponents of defunding the police are skeptical that existing police departments can ever be reformed. They call for demolishing what is currently in place and starting from scratch.
New Jersey is no stranger to scrapping a system that isn’t working and starting over. In Camden, the entire city’s police force was fired and the county took over with new guidance and a new culture shaped by community activists. Crime in Camden is down and so is police violence.
It appears that Minneapolis, the city where George Floyd died after an officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, may be embracing the idea of dismantling their local force. In its place, the Minneapolis City Council is proposing the creation of a new “Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention.” The scope and authority of such a department has yet to be defined.
Abolish Means What It Says: End Policing
Then, there are abolitionists who say abolition, in fact, means just that – an end or elimination of the institution of policing, once and for all. This is not equivocal.
The push for police abolition is not new. It first gained momentum in the 1980s and 1990s when a group of academics and activists called for the abolition of what they called the “prison industrial complex.” Policing was included within that abolition vision.
Abolitionists may envision “community care workers” rather than police, and restorative justice models to respond to crime in ways that do not involve locking people into dehumanizing prison cells.
In this model, policing would be replaced by fundamental societal change that would render the police largely unnecessary. Many of today’s “policing” tasks, abolitionists argue, could be better accomplished by trained professionals who could respond to prevent violence and then respond where necessary. And with dollars no longer going toward the police, more money could go toward health care, housing, education, employment – all of which would reduce the need for police in the first place.
More at link. https://www.montclair.edu/newscenter...e-really-mean/
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
― Charles Dickens
Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police
By Mariame Kaba
Ms. Kaba is an organizer against criminalization.
Read and discuss.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html
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