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Useless thinking. Just think of what would happen to your siste rif she was raped and her only family was her grandma and she did not have any friends. Oh it would be the neighborhood crew saving her? That's police.

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"I'm certainly not talking about any kind of scenario where tomorrow someone just flips a switch and there are no police. What I'm talking about is the systematic questioning of the specific roles that police currently undertake, and attempting to develop evidence-based alternatives so that we can dial back our reliance on them."

I have experience with someone who was sexually assaulted in a well-to-do area. Cops don't want inconvenient stats like sexual assaults ruining their town's image, so those crimes don't get investigated. It isn't for a lack of resources, either, as those cops make well over $100k before overtime.

You confuse something that is bad in practice with something that is bad in theory

Do you think police stop rapes from happening?

Rapes happen in peoples' homes where there are no police. Then, if the victim chooses to report it, they are often blown off by the police entirely unless the circumstances make it impossible to ignore.

You confuse something that is bad in practice with something that is bad in theory

I confuse nothing, I simply care not for theory when practice shows it is bunk

Water is contaminated therefore there is no need for water.

Police try to find and arrest rapists, who would probably go on to rape other people if they weren't in prison.

That is a lovely idea, but alas not matched by reality.

https://www.startribune.com/ignoring-rape-complaints-when-po...

https://www.focusforhealth.org/women-across-the-us-suing-pol...

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2018/11/investigates/police-...

https://ilr.law.uiowa.edu/print/volume-99-issue-3/how-to-lie...

And that's really just the tip of the iceberg.

All black people are violent. Now let me quote you five articles showing a black person being violent to prove my point. That's very convincing!

Only if they decide they wouldn’t rather rape you too.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/19/us/police-sexual-assaults-mar...

I'm wondering if you judge other groups by the worst behavior of any member of the given group?

I don't believe there are any other groups, besides law enforcement & politicians, who have have unilateral or near-unilateral power to investigate and clear themselves of crimes, so I don't think this question makes sense.

So your standard is you only judge groups collectively by the actions of some individuals when they have investigative powers?

You would think. But I know someone who was raped. The guy even bragged about it. But the DA declined to prosecute.

Anecdotes become data when rape is involved.

The da is not the police.

One would think that

Did you read the article? I think not.

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