Minneapolis To Disband Police Department

bigfelipe said:
Ummm... Ok... So what's the replacement???
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The Minneapolis City Council on Sunday voted to disband its police department and invest in community-based public safety programs following calls from activists to ‘defund the police'.
 
What does “disband” really mean? Fully closed down? Just civil type cases? What? Minneapolis has 400,000 residents with about 2.5 million in their “metro area” burbs. Will the Sheriff’s Department stay out of the Minneapolis city limits? Depending on what level this “disbanding” goes there will be an increase in crime ... from petty types to felonies ... especially drug related stuff in the rougher parts of the city. Who will be blamed if crime increase like I think it will ... certainly not the idiots who voted to disband the police I am betting they’ll find some way to blame some branch of law enforcement be it the neutered MPD (if anything remains), the Hennepin Co Sheriff, the State police ... hell even the Feds? I truly feel sorry for the 90% of the good people in Minneapolis who don’t want this crap.

ETA ... wonder how quick this will infect their twin city of St Paul? Will they disband their police department also?
 
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Stick Man said:
The Minneapolis City Council on Sunday voted to disband its police department and invest in community-based public safety programs following calls from activists to ‘defund the police'.
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Yeah. What does that mean? Pretty vague.
 
how many people here have actually ever called the police AND had them actually help or resolve a situation?

i’ve never called them and don’t know to many that have. most contact i’ve had has been unwanted...

playing devils advocate, i think my life would be fine if there were no police.

how many people here feel like they personally need the police vs “other” people need police?
 
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lasttombstone said:
Can I get a good deal on an ex-cop car?
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Or those weapons of mass oppression...I changed my notification settings on my mailing lists. Waiting for those “lightly used police trade...police hand-ins” to hit the market
 
Used Glocks and M&Ps coming?


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For one, I imagine that it means the richest neighborhoods are about to hire their own security forces and price out most poorer homeowners by implementing HOA type fees to fund them.
 
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Ferrisfan said:
For one, I imagine that it means the richest neighborhoods are about to hire their own security forces and price out most by implementing HOA type fees to fund them.
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yeahhhh. Backfireeeee. Except that will be made illegal of course
 
SPST said:
Dismantle the police and the gangbangers can run free. Then who are they going to call?
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well after they’re done selling crack at the elementary schools and setting everything on fire there won’t be much more to serve or protect..they will get what they asked for and need a new scapegoat
 
You better watch out..... If you commit a crime we will send a social worker out and they will give you a stern talking too...... So mind your manners or else.
 
Sigequinox220 said:
well after they’re done selling crack at the elementary schools and setting everything on fire there won’t be much more to serve or protect..they will get what they asked for and need a new scapegoat
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The bangers will be stealing the good stuff in the rich neighborhoods when there are no police to stop them. Just wait until that starts happening and see how quickly we get the PD back.
 
vp9c said:
how many people here have actually ever called the police AND had them actually help or resolve a situation?

i’ve never called them and don’t know to many that have. most contact i’ve had has been unwanted...

playing devils advocate, i think my life would be fine if there were no police.

how many people here feel like they personally need the police vs “other” people need police?
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We certainly could disband police forces.
At one time the only full-time law enforcement personnel were sheriffs, helped as needed by citizens.
Most things would be handled by citizens, although people even complained about that when an incident recently arose.
 
White flight. It has happened before. Can we say Detroit.
 
Mike Overlay said:
Screw that. I would expect and demand a property tax refund and tax rate deduction. Let them keep the cop cars, they should already be paid for.
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Lol, they didn't say that they were going to give anything back but fund "other" public safety programs- whatever that means...

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charliesgrave said:
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Guys, I think I have a solution for Minneapolis.
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Personally, I liked this model... :D
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