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I was looking at moving to Minneapolis or Portland. Put a check next to Portland. LizBeth Nov 2020 #1
This is such a garbage article. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #2
I think this is happening in other places too. LisaM Nov 2020 #3
It isn't their 'training'... OldBaldy1701E Nov 2020 #7
No, I don't want want more of "them". LisaM Nov 2020 #9
Absolutely not OldBaldy1701E Nov 2020 #21
No, you don't digress. I get it. LisaM Nov 2020 #22
Yes OldBaldy1701E Dec 2020 #23
And training would improve the profiling issue. LisaM Dec 2020 #24
Amen to that! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Dec 2020 #26
My take on this is that there's a bunch of factors playing into it sboatcar Nov 2020 #4
I'm with you BainsBane Nov 2020 #6
Many police departments have bargaining units that are affiliated with the AFL-CIO. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #8
I agree, but if you look at the minneapolis police union sboatcar Nov 2020 #10
Sure, Bob Kroll is an asshole. But he's an asshole running a white supremacist institution that has WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #12
So do you have an ideas for how it can be fixed? sboatcar Nov 2020 #13
As a police abolitionist, I'm a fan of tearing it all down. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #14
I think we need some level of law enforcement sboatcar Nov 2020 #15
A protection model thrives on an us/them mindset that results in uneven policing. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #16
Not this one BainsBane Nov 2020 #18
I know. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #19
The police are punishing us BainsBane Nov 2020 #5
Exactly! sboatcar Nov 2020 #11
Frey needs to go BainsBane Nov 2020 #17
I agree, I never liked him much, and he hasn't shown any decent leadership skills sboatcar Nov 2020 #20
I am a 911 dispatcher. I have worked with police for 20 years. the_sly_pig Dec 2020 #25
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