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I’ve wondered if someone could run for mayor of Uvalde on the simple platform of firing everyone in their police force, and eliminating pensions for any police officers deployed to the school.

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You might win the election, but you won't manage to deliver on pulling the portion of their pension already credited.

I would run on bankrupting the entire city before paying one dime on the police officer’s pensions

Will the bankruptcy court then seize the city's assets and prioritize creditors?

Maybe they would start with the PD, which consumed 40% of the city's budget.

A city sponsored whole hog BBQ in the town center until the town burns through all assets.

Good luck surviving the election.

There would be a very real chance the police would simply just murder you and your family. There is ample precedent, in the united states, in most of our lifetimes.

In Texas ? Likely not.

we are here in this debate over and over after columbine, sandy hook and countless others because there is strong minority who either don’t care or believe gun freedom is worth the cost. I don’t think uvalde is going to change that overnight

They were talking about taking the police to task for cowardice or incompetence, not running for gun control.

I misread that, the point is still the same though, Police reformation[1] is even more murky in terms of support than gun control, proposals for changing qualified immunity, national background check for officers, privatization, use of force , no knock warrants have gone nowhere for the most part.

[1] What defund the police really is or should be about

A police force of cowards? Texans will vote to get rid of them.

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