“As we divest from policing…”
They lost me right there.
They lost me right there.
There's a liberal tendency to hyper-focus on race and see everything in the lens of race only. Ironically, I don't think this helps racial injustice that they are set out to resolve.
However, I do so hate when people clearly use a maligned group and exploit them in their language to further their own agenda.
I've seen similar language used by groups to advocate for the wildest things like remote work, or bike lanes.
Not a conspiracy, they are just a bit clumsy about it.
The only thing I find more threatening than Amazon's pervasive surveillance is the intended audience this site is catering to.
Is anyone in this thread cognizant of some data that shows whether divestment has a correlation to actual crime data? I would really like to know.
There have been a lot of people talking about divesting. But, I wonder how much has actually occurred. And, whether in places where it has occurred, there has been demonstrated uptick in crime, or whether there are places where crime has risen alongside a marginal reduction in police forces (due to attrition, or whatever).
I would really like to see a factual discussion because it feels like the arguments are generally coming from a bias on both sides and the crime wave happening could be occurring because of number of contributing factors, not just divestment.