Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp...
by imajoredinecon on Sunday April 24, 2022 @10:08AM
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The idea of "funding" is just a rough proxy for what people really want (or don't): more police presence. Garden-variety "defund the police" advocates think that, due to police violence, bias, and so on, the police should be a smaller part of how we address crime. The people in areas affected heavily by crime think that the police should be _more_ involved. That's the disagreement.
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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp...
by cnelsenmilt on Sunday April 24, 2022 @01:32PM
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But do they think the police should be more involved in exactly the same way they are now? I don't know, but I do assume that if asked they would suggest some changes in behavior: "police should be more involved but also they should stop with the X and do more of Y". Either way, that angle is certainly missing from the single question cited above.