There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means

Re:There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what ... by throwaway894345 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @12:07PM (#23448321)

Yes, it’s a difficult political problem in the US. Americans aren’t willing to sacrifice thousands of additional homicide victims annually (by disarming the police) in order to save a handful when the latter can be saved by better vetting, training, accountability, etc. We’re trying to minimize for loss of life, not just for loss of life by police.

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Re:There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what ... by chrisseaton on Sunday June 07, 2020 @12:14PM (#23448381)

> We’re trying to minimize for loss of life, not just for loss of life by police.

Do you realise that the general homicide rate in the UK is also lower, at 1.2 per 100,000, compared to 4.96 in the US?

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Re:There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what ... by throwaway894345 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:23PM (#23448904)

I am aware. Your mistake is thinking that disparity is caused by a disarmed police force.

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