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Re:Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disba... by jsdevwork1 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @06:26PM (#23451495)
It will play out quite predictably: more crime, organized and otherwise.
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Re:Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disba... by morgante on Sunday June 07, 2020 @06:32PM (#23451564)
Nope.

Camden disbanded their police department and has seen crime drop: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/01/what-happened-to-crim...

Disbanding the police doesn't mean no public safety measures. It means disbanding the department and rebuilding a new approach to public safety.

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Re:Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disba... by jsdevwork1 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @06:39PM (#23451629)
Oh you mean replacing the police with... The police. Got it.
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Re:Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disba... by morgante on Sunday June 07, 2020 @06:43PM (#23451671)
That's a trite dismissal.

Nobody actually thinks that we can have no law enforcement. That doesn't mean that disbanding systematically corrupt departments and rebuilding from scratch isn't a good idea.

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Re:Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disba... by rsynnott on Sunday June 07, 2020 @09:01PM (#23452549)
Sure. When an organisation is totally broken, ripping up and replacing isn’t alway the worst solution. See the Stasi, for instance, or for a less dramatic shakeup, the RUC.
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Re:Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disba... by sremani on Sunday June 07, 2020 @06:53PM (#23451760)
From the article @citylab:

"Other cities are still struggling. Kansas City, Columbus, Phoenix, and Birmingham saw homicide rates reach new highs in 2017. In Baltimore, homicides hit a new per-capita peak."

If I have to place bet, the fate of Minneapolis will be similar to that of Baltimore.

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Re:Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disba... by morgante on Sunday June 07, 2020 @06:59PM (#23451814)
Why? None of those cities have reformed or rebuilt their police departments.

You're just spreading FUD.

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Re:Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disba... by sremani on Monday June 08, 2020 @08:36AM (#23455950)
The trajectory of cities following riots is well documented.
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