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Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by spoonjim on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:19PM (#32122086)
Don’t overindex on anecdotes. Policing has problems but in general where police in America have retreated, crime has gone up.
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Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by exadrid on Saturday July 16, 2022 @07:59PM (#32123071)
This "fact" is really really popular among conservative news, but nobody has hard evidence. Do you have a source?
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Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by spoonjim on Sunday July 17, 2022 @05:28AM (#32125492)
Look at the arrests numbers and homicide numbers for all of the big cities pre and post George Floyd. Arrests are down, homicides are up.
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Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by Jweb_Guru on Saturday July 16, 2022 @11:35PM (#32124264)
Doubtful, considering that there were essentially zero places that actually pulled back police.
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