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minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoCut their funding in half and see how much power they have. They are superfluous. That’s kinda the point. We don’t need them to respond to calls. Give half their funding to other people without guns to respond to calls.
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·8 days ago We don’t need them to respond to calls Exactly, the last time the NYPD went on strike, crime went down lmao
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoCrime didn’t go up last strike In contrast to the Boston Police Strike of 1919, and the Montreal strike of 1969, there was no surge of crime or unrest.
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoCounterPunch Alternet Both say life wasn’t affected much. Now that they’re thrutful is another story…
Cut their funding in half and see how much power they have.
They are superfluous. That’s kinda the point. We don’t need them to respond to calls. Give half their funding to other people without guns to respond to calls.
Exactly, the last time the NYPD went on strike, crime went down lmao
Crime didn’t go up last strike
I’m taking about 2015.
CounterPunch
Alternet
Both say life wasn’t affected much. Now that they’re thrutful is another story…