posted by QuakerOats

Not only has funding been cut, but a hugely significant number of police retirements and resignations has occurred.  Add to that the  asinine policies and big city prosecutors turning a blind eye to crime, and the recipe for disaster is staring you in the face. 

No one should be surprised by what is occurring. 

Not saying it’s not true but is there a link? I looked and didn’t see it anywhere. I saw where about 15 million was moved from the police budget to public safety budget and salary budget was down due to the attrition you mentioned, but all I could find was 361 mil in 2019 to 337 mil in 2020. Looks like a very similar budget 

posted by geeblock

Not saying it’s not true but is there a link? I looked and didn’t see it anywhere. I saw where about 15 million was moved from the police budget to public safety budget and salary budget was down due to the attrition you mentioned, but all I could find was 361 mil in 2019 to 337 mil in 2020. Looks like a very similar budget 

Assuming that your numbers are correct, a 7% reduction is significant.

posted by Al Bundy

Assuming that your numbers are correct, a 7% reduction is significant.

I should have been more clear  the 15 million was in civilian salaries being paid by the police fund. Those people are still working it now paid through public safety fund. The only thing I could find that showed a reduction was for a time the police were refusing to work overtime but I’m not sure how long that lasted or if it is still happening . 

It's not necessarily police funding it's decreasing police interactions and presence especially in high crime areas.

Back to pretending that voting laws expanding time for votes, and more early voting but that require an ID or only the last 4 of your social are “the most egregious attempts to harm the integrity of our democracy since the Civil War".  These people aren’t serious.

Oh and the party that loves open borders has told Cubans that even if they are fleeing persecution and take to the sea, they can’t stay in the US. 

Sorry for interrupting the police and crime talk.

posted by iclfan2

Back to pretending that voting laws expanding time for votes, and more early voting but that require an ID or only the last 4 of your social are “the most egregious attempts to harm the integrity of our democracy since the Civil War".  These people aren’t serious.

Oh and the party that loves open borders has told Cubans that even if they are fleeing persecution and take to the sea, they can’t stay in the US. 

Sorry for interrupting the police and crime talk.

The liberal left is opposed to security --  in your neighborhood, in your city, in your elections.  The only security they like is their bodyguards and around their office (Capitol).  

I'm sorry, what? 

The default vehicle for ppl shld be something like a Civic or Corolla then if you want something larger you should have to apply w a good reason. And having, say 3 or 4 kids isn't a good reason. You shouldn't have that many, anyway .

— Antifa Larry M. Retzlaff (@Greyseeker) July 13, 2021

posted by justincredible

I'm sorry, what? 

He claims to be Antifa, but that seems like a rather strong pro-fascist take.

Starting to think "Antifa" was ironically named and I'm only now getting the joke.

It literally means anti-fascist. The only way you can be opposed to antifa is to be a fascist. 

This is their argument. They are not smart people.

posted by justincredible

I'm sorry, what? 

The default vehicle for ppl shld be something like a Civic or Corolla then if you want something larger you should have to apply w a good reason. And having, say 3 or 4 kids isn't a good reason. You shouldn't have that many, anyway .

— Antifa Larry M. Retzlaff (@Greyseeker) July 13, 2021

They should ban the sale of trucks to women who can not correctly park them in a parking lot.

It's so asinine.  A Civic or Corolla doesn't have near enough horsepower to plow thru a crowd of Antifa protestors.

posted by Al Bundy

They should ban the sale of trucks to women who can not correctly park them in a parking lot.

Definitely no trucks for Asian women…

Interesting wording he used here.

Republicans = confederacy.

Democrats = their own country.

I'm blown away (but not entirely surprised) that 66% of Republicans in the South want a new confederacy, and half of west coast Democrats want their own country. pic.twitter.com/US9y8Ilrxz

— Lee Drutman (@leedrutman) July 14, 2021

This is why Mike Jones is trending 😂😭pic.twitter.com/qdavn0H8PA

— XXL Magazine (@XXL) July 15, 2021

Why are they so afraid of social media? 

The empire is dying and they are scrambling to keep their grip on power.

There is no more dangerous purveyor of “misinformation” than the state itself. Government misinformation leads to war and mass murder, multiples examples of which occurred this century.

The last entity that should ever determine what misinformation is and isn’t, is the state. https://t.co/JtLl86dyTe

— Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) July 16, 2021

Seriously, who the fuck is the White House to be dictating who should and should not be banned from social media platforms, to keep lists of who they think are the spreaders of "misinformation," and then pressure companies they regulate to obey? This is pernicious shit: https://t.co/WlZlbCjlqT

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 16, 2021

LOL so that's Biden's "net neutrality" philosophy - ban people from everywhere if they reject your propaganda?

If you can't be 'em (China), join 'em!

They would love nothing more than a Chinese communist party style social credit system.

posted by justincredible

They would love nothing more than a Chinese communist party style social credit system.

I still can't believe they admitted to this like it's absolutely no big deal.

Sure, it's benign, just like every other time the government "asks" business for a favor.

Maybe it's really just a trial run at coordinating things for the 2022 elections. "Hey, here's a post about Covid you need to take down....oh, and here's 1327 posts about Hunter Biden you need to take down".

Would you bet a significant amount of money that this administration would absolutely not declare a national emergence in an attempt to take control of the information available on social media platforms or the internet in general? Recent messaging has me a little concerned they're fixing to try something stupid. 

This article from 2019 cautioned of a similar scenario with Trump.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/

Reporter: "What's your message to platforms like Facebook?"

President Biden: "They're killing people." pic.twitter.com/jrAvQpG7i0

— The Hill (@thehill) July 16, 2021

I wonder if The Atlantic is still concerned?

Forgot this: