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My car got broken into with absolutely nothing to steal, along with 5 others in Texas. The police wouldn’t even come out despite clear camera footage of the perpetrator. Why is that the standard? The AG and DAs could not be more polar opposites than in SF, yet the result is the same.

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This hasn't been my experience in Texas at all, or any mid-west state. The police have always been timely and responsive, for both myself and my colleagues.

Wow that was not my experience. They were just as eager to call up their friends and hold a kick back while making my partner and I wait only to refuse to file a report for a break and entry of our rental in Houston.

The police exist as an institution to harass the poor and the homeless. They were founded as escaped slave hunters. Their primary purpose isn't to protect or serve the public at large, no matter what their latest marketing claims.

What you are seeing are the effects of ignoring widespread calls for reform and the doubling down on funding of a broken institution.

Police have existed since before the United States.

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