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There's an article that I won't link to, that sprinkles in a few facts (crime in Oakland is higher now than a few years ago), to draw the usual, demonstrably wrong conclusions (crime would be lower with more cops).
Crime would *not* be lower with more cops. Crime would be lower with *different policies*.
Because more cops don't solve crime. More cops just brutalize Black people more. Which ironically, makes us less likely to call the cops. Which makes crimes almost *impossible* to solve
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I'm 6'3, Black, and powerfully built. You already know how cops treat me.
If I see a 15 year old kid smash your car window, lean in, and grab your laptop and run off, do you think I'm calling the cops? Do you think I'm risking my life and freedom, for your laptop? The answer is no. Buy another laptop.
And if that kid is caught and arrested, he won't be treated fairly. He'll be sent to gladiator school. He'll be victimized, or come out worse. Much worse.
https://www.tiktok.com/@adrianembrey/video/7269578282482322731
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@mekkaokereke I’m a middle class middle aged white guy, the kind cops generally treat pretty well, and when a young Black man threatened me with a hammer I didn’t even consider calling the cops because I didn’t trust them to act responsibly. For a profession that can’t do their job without citizen cooperation, cops sure seem determined to minimize that cooperation.