[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[bestmen 2,564]

This euro deputy has been attacked by police in belgium  because she is black

 

[bestmen 2,564]

They killed another one in atlanta 

 

[heywoodu 13,552]

11 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

The entire police force of Atlanta is refusing to work as well. This is a huge issue. Buffalo PD did the same thing after those two officers were charged with assault for pushing a 75 year old peaceful protestors to the ground 

 

This is why the argument that “all cops are bad” can be made. They care more about loyalty to their “brothers”, than about loyalty to the people they’re supposed to be serving. They are all willing to protect bad cops because the police unions tell them too. They have continued to shoot unarmed civilians (though not in the case of the Atlanta officer), even after years of protest. They have continued to harass communities simply because they have the power to, and they have have downright refused any attempts at reform. This is why we must defund all police departments.

No, it isn't. And no, it can't. Although I have no doubt we're not going to find any common ground on this issue, so it might be better to leave it at that  

[Monzanator 3,594]

11 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

The entire police force of Atlanta is refusing to work as well. This is a huge issue. Buffalo PD did the same thing after those two officers were charged with assault for pushing a 75 year old peaceful protestors to the ground 

 

This is why the argument that “all cops are bad” can be made. They care more about loyalty to their “brothers”, than about loyalty to the people they’re supposed to be serving. They are all willing to protect bad cops because the police unions tell them too. They have continued to shoot unarmed civilians (though not in the case of the Atlanta officer), even after years of protest. They have continued to harass communities simply because they have the power to, and they have have downright refused any attempts at reform. This is why we must defund all police departments.

 

I'm not surprised, this is the police's way of fighting back. Let's see how life looks like without police on duty and then let's call to have them dissolved

 

If you advocate for collective responsibility aka "all cops are bad" then don't be surprised if they fight back to protect their cause. They won't act like sheep going to slaughter.

 

I simply can't wait to see the murder, rape & burglary stats shoot through the roof once all those PD are dissolved and how people like you will try to justify it 

[Olympian1010 7,477]

1 hour ago, Monzanator said:

 

I'm not surprised, this is the police's way of fighting back. Let's see how life looks like without police on duty and then let's call to have them dissolved

 

If you advocate for collective responsibility aka "all cops are bad" then don't be surprised if they fight back to protect their cause. They won't act like sheep going to slaughter.

 

I simply can't wait to see the murder, rape & burglary stats shoot through the roof once all those PD are dissolved and how people like you will try to justify it 

We’re not calling for that. We want to attempt to prevent crime, instead of merely suppressing it with police force. We want to take away money from our insanely large and wasteful police budgets, and hire more social workers, mental health specialists, more teachers, and invest more in disadvantaged communities.

 

It’s honestly not our fault that many police have decided to turn their back on Americans. They really enjoyed harassing and endangering minorities and communities for decades, and now they are faced the reality that we won’t stand for that any longer. 
 

I think if we make a combination of swift short-term changes, and well planned long term changes, we could create a better system of policing and criminal justice in this country. Of course that’s asking way too much of Americans, so there is the possibility that shit hits the fan somewhere down the line for a number of reasons.

[Monzanator 3,594]

25 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

We’re not calling for that. We want to attempt to prevent crime, instead of merely suppressing it with police force. We want to take away money from our insanely large and wasteful police budgets, and hire more social workers, mental health specialists, more teachers, and invest more in disadvantaged communities.

 

It’s honestly not our fault that many police have decided to turn their back on Americans. They really enjoyed harassing and endangering minorities and communities for decades, and now they are faced the reality that we won’t stand for that any longer. 
 

I think if we make a combination of swift short-term changes, and well planned long term changes, we could create a better system of policing and criminal justice in this country. Of course that’s asking way too much of Americans, so there is the possibility that shit hits the fan somewhere down the line for a number of reasons.

 

Haven't you heard about this saying: "The more things change, the more they stay the same"   This whole idea "less cops, more teachers means better safety and less crime" sounds like a nice social experiement but only on paper. Since it's America I know shit will hit the fan sooner rather than later. All it takes is another school massacre or two and people asking "where was the police?". Well, the police got replaced by teachers and social workers, that would be the answer   Wasn't it Trump who wanted school teachers carrying guns at school? Guess you're drifting into that narrative while trying to cut police jobs.

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[heywoodu 13,552]

A video being presented like this already makes it look as shady as possible

 

 

I tried to watch it, but the parts with subtitles go way too fast and the parts without subtitles are impossible for me to understand, so to anyone who watched (preferably someone non-Indian and non-Chinese ): is this as biased as I think it is judging by the thumbnail?

[Olympian1010 7,477]

Trumps going to pull us out of the UN now 

 

[Vic Liu 1,592]

9 hours ago, heywoodu said:

A video being presented like this already makes it look as shady as possible

 

 

I tried to watch it, but the parts with subtitles go way too fast and the parts without subtitles are impossible for me to understand, so to anyone who watched (preferably someone non-Indian and non-Chinese ): is this as biased as I think it is judging by the thumbnail?

I also watch it, BTW I thought only Indians and Chinese would care about this, the problem is still as what I said, there is no consensus where the Line of Actual Control is. I watched one Chinese youtuber talked about it, where the line he draw lays different place, so people ALWAYS think other part crossed the line I drew in my mind and rival started the conflict. I drew a simple picture of it and the reason for the conflict at the very beginning is that India built road in the buffer/conflict zone which both sides consider in their own land.