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'It’s scary’: America’s small towns are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes
Channel 3000 News/AP ^
| September 9, 2023
| AP Staff
Posted on 09/09/2023 6:17:09 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Goodhue is about 40 miles southeast of Minneapolis.
To: dfwgator
You said all by design. What is the “design”?
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:38:49 AM PDT
by
joesbucks
(It's called love-bombing. Claiming he's saving the world. This is a cult. Just back away. )
To: dfwgator
Time to DEPUTIZE the Trump voters and form the POSSE.
To: joesbucks
The destroy society in order to build it back in their image. Then all this crime goes away.
What did you think “Build Back Better” meant?
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:39:31 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
That’s gonna be real bad for criminals. Folks outside the urban sprawl have always been ‘prepared’ to defend themselves. 😉
I have always believed that if a real ‘push and shove’ was going to happen over Liberal poor ‘government’, it wouldn’t begin... or EVEN be decided...in the cities.
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:39:47 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
(“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
To: rovenstinez
Time to DEPUTIZE the Trump voters and form the POSSE. And then CWII is on.
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:41:12 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
If police departments were de-militarized, they’d be better positioned to hire officers who aren’t sociopaths and goons.
Bring back Andy and Barney!
To: dfwgator
Agree.
Already here, to some degree.
Buckle up.
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:44:12 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
To: joesbucks; dfwgator
IIRC, bammy during the 2008 campaign called for a security force equal to that of the military.
The Nazis had the SS.
The Soviets the KGB.
Mao had the Red Guard.
I'm seeing a pattern.
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:44:24 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Who wants to fight crime with both hands tied behind the back?
The demoralization of police lies with the Left and Leftist legislators.
We must support our police, out law makers must support our law keepers.
Better to have local cops that knows the community than storm troopers from DHS, FBI or some yet to be named Federal Police Force.
We need the ability to fire bad cops, which will be MUCH HARDER with Fed troops.
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:46:02 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
It’s in Minnesota, where mohamed noor murdered Justine Damond in cold blood and essentially was set free for the murder because the politicians wanted it that way.
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:46:11 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(If genitals don't define gender, how does removing them affirm it? )
To: BitWielder1
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:47:26 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
The township in which I live in S.E. Michigan has a population of approx. 91,000. We don't have our own PD but rather rely on the county sheriff's dept.
The same with nearby Mt. Clemens which got rid of their police dept. back in 2005 and entered into a contract with Macomb County.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Crime is ramping up nationwide, so, obviously the best strategy is to get rid of the police. Makes perfect sense.
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:48:49 AM PDT
by
odawg
To: odawg
Crime is ramping up nationwide, so, obviously the best strategy is to get rid of the police.Oh no, you're just replacing them with police, answerable to the Federal Government.
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:50:42 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
I remember back in 1968 the major fear was a Federal Police Force. It was the conspiracy theory of the day.
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:51:25 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:51:45 AM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Yesterday’s conspiracies become tomorrow’s reality.
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:52:17 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
BS scare story. Here’s the money line:
521 U.S. towns and cities with populations of 1,000 to 200,000 disbanded policing between 1972 and 2017
So over 45 years, 521 small towns disbanded police. 45 YEARS. This ain’t new, it probably actually isn’t scary. And if you work the math on the cities it’ll probably all make sense.
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:53:12 AM PDT
by
discostu
(like a dog being shown a card trick)
To: discostu
The real problem is when the big cities can no longer find enough applicants.
Next thing you know Pablo, who just crossed the border a month ago, is a cop.
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:54:45 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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