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Squinch

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3. So this tells me that there is a lot of room to reshape the police by reducing their numbers,

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2020, 12:52 PM

Jun 2020

de-militarizing them, and having them respond only to violent crime.

Let's do those things before we talk about abolishing them and we all put on our Lord of the Flies outfits.

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L.A. schools police will return grenade launchers but keep rifles, armored vehicle [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 OP

School police? Sanity Claws Jun 2020 #1

Why on God's green earth would a school district police force ever have needed The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #2

So this tells me that there is a lot of room to reshape the police by reducing their numbers, Squinch Jun 2020 #3

If they want to play soldier they should take their toys and play elsewhere. MarcA Jun 2020 #4