kurtster wrote:
 
Despite what you may think, it's unlikely the perpetrator(s) care about political affiliation. Scumbags generally consider all political parties evil, if they even consider them at all (unlikely).
c.

 R_P wrote:
 
Shocked. I am shocked.
c.

And a democrat shot two sheriff's deputies minding their own business in Compton on Saturday.  A crowd of democrat onlookers cheered and took videos.  None bothered to call 911.

Then some democrats go to the hospital where they are being treated, blocking the entrances in a protest and yell out that they hope the cops die.

Gotta love you democrats.

Maybe all cops should take a week off all at once and let social workers fill in so we can find out just how much we need them.

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 islander wrote:
 
I think part of the solution is to put the response under the control of health care separate from the police, with police supporting them. The cop training for fighting crime isn't a good fit to dealing with mental health issues. But I would be good with having it within the police department if the health cops were really in charge, trained properly, and their performance evaluated on ability to deal with situations using minimal violence.

 islander wrote:
 
Agreed on all counts.

 haresfur wrote:
 
Maybe if instead of defunding, we add funds. But we require they be spent on training, these other personnel, and a short term position of selling off all the surplus military gear they have gathered in the last decade - no selling them to the local militia though.....   ah wait, maybe we need to start a foundry.

 haresfur wrote:
 
exactly

 Red_Dragon wrote:
 
Imagine if there was a mental health organization you could call in to respond to situations like this and free the police officers from having to deal with it except possibly to backup the health responders. You could pay for it by taking some money out of the police budget. You know, partially defunding them.

This shit has got to stop.

 R_P wrote: 

there have been tags, tag plaques, window decals and cards for eons here...

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