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Re:David Simon Made Baltimore Detectives Famous. Now Their C... by marcellus23 on Thursday January 13, 2022 @02:20PM (#29925374)
No one is arguing for just disbanding the police and making no other changes to compensate — that's a strawman.
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Re:David Simon Made Baltimore Detectives Famous. Now Their C... by ameister14 on Thursday January 13, 2022 @02:27PM (#29925489)
He didn't suggest that - he suggested in part that you think about what changes would be needed to compensate
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Re:David Simon Made Baltimore Detectives Famous. Now Their C... by marcellus23 on Thursday January 13, 2022 @03:21PM (#29926281)
Are you sure? I can't see how to get that impression from what he wrote. The fact that his own opinion is that society would be "far worse off" also indicates he's not coming at this from a Socratic position of unbiased truthfinding.
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Re:David Simon Made Baltimore Detectives Famous. Now Their C... by ncmncm on Thursday January 13, 2022 @02:32PM (#29925580)
Exactly. Maybe start by disarming the police. Then, start recruiting police from social worker training programs.
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