Also, disbanding a city’s police department is not without precedent. When faced with endemic corruption or racism in their police departments, a number of US towns have eliminated their city P.D., and paid the county sheriff or state police to patrol their city.Chaparral wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:13 pm While I agree that the Minneapolis city council is naive, the video clip linked in the original post was cut short to misleadingly take the comment out of context. In the full statement, she explained (I’m paraphrasing) that while many people have the “privilege” of expecting that the police will arrive on a scene to protect them, that may not be the case if you are black. (Remember LTC holder Atatiana Jefferson in Ft. Worth?)
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While I agree that the Minneapolis city council is naive, the video clip linked in the original post was cut short to misleadingly take the comment out of context. In the full statement, she explained (I’m paraphrasing) that while many people have the “privilege” of expecting that the police will arrive on a scene to protect them, that may not be the case if you are black. (Remember LTC holder Atatiana Jefferson in Ft. Worth?)