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minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·24 days agoWhere you live there must be no rape/murder/violence because the police stop it all? Empowered communities able to defend themselves are a much better method of preventing and stopping crime than policing is.
minus-squareChippys_mittens@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-224 days agoHave any evidence of that aside from hope/idealism? I’m big on realistic solutions. Having zero is impossible, my assertion is that the number is less based on having a police presence/a number you can call to have humans show up vs not having one.
Where you live there must be no rape/murder/violence because the police stop it all?
Empowered communities able to defend themselves are a much better method of preventing and stopping crime than policing is.
Have any evidence of that aside from hope/idealism? I’m big on realistic solutions. Having zero is impossible, my assertion is that the number is less based on having a police presence/a number you can call to have humans show up vs not having one.