Re:NYC pilot tries mental health responders in place of police
by georgyo on Saturday November 14, 2020 @01:12PM
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I have also lived in Brooklyn my whole life. I have never seen a gun outside of a person's home or a gun store.
When I was a when I was maybe 15 I was on the roof of a building when someone reported a visible gun. With 15 minutes my friends and I were surrounded by police and questioned as they looked for the gun. They did find the person about 10 minutes later.
I also had a kid in my school shoot himself in the leg by accident because he thought he'd be cool and tuck it in his pants. The closest I ever come to an active shooting.
I stick by my statement that guns are extremely rare in NYC. They are not non-existent, but they aren't at all common place.
The nypd downplaying crimes is a significant real issue, that is true. But that only fuels the the thesis that what is proposed may work here.
When I was a when I was maybe 15 I was on the roof of a building when someone reported a visible gun. With 15 minutes my friends and I were surrounded by police and questioned as they looked for the gun. They did find the person about 10 minutes later.
I also had a kid in my school shoot himself in the leg by accident because he thought he'd be cool and tuck it in his pants. The closest I ever come to an active shooting.
I stick by my statement that guns are extremely rare in NYC. They are not non-existent, but they aren't at all common place.
The nypd downplaying crimes is a significant real issue, that is true. But that only fuels the the thesis that what is proposed may work here.