taway98236

It's extremely naive and the fraternal order of police would never let it pass. I predict they'd all stand down rather than serving in such a ridiculous fashion.

First you should take into account that the US is not the UK (or another European nation where police officers don't carry guns). We have a serious gang and violent crime problem here. Cities like Chicago are battlefields, there are multiple murders every weekend. On holidays, you can casually see 100+ murders take place in two days.

Combine that with a big underclass population, wide availability of guns and drugs that induce and amplify psychotic behavior, intense racial hatred, hatred of the police, entire city blocks being infested with gangs, drugs and guns and do you really think disarming the police is going to solve anything? It's a recipe for disaster that's going to empower criminals and cause even more violence and death in the future.

You can't pretend -like most progressives- these problems don't exist just because you're well-off, living in your upscale, well-patrolled neighborhood. This is you living in a bubble. Most of the folks advocating for disarming the police, should go take a stroll in South Side Chicago or east St. Louis.

You're ignoring cases (the majority I'd estimate based on 911 calls I've listened in) where others are affected.

Domestic abuse/violence, threatening behavior towards third parties or behavior that's so unpredictably out of line that you can't confidently sit back and not deal with it because you'd be wondering if others would be placed in danger by your non-action.

I'd say that most of the comments in this thread are very out of touch with reality and firmly in the realm of wishful thinking.