It’s a good thing that same prosecutor’s office didn’t drop the ball on the McCloskey case. They diligently prosecuted them for everything possible for principled reasons of high legal integrity.
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No shit…
Campbell is in custody. Marshalls got him.
Not sure what it’ll take for people to wake the hell up and see these vermin for what they are. Demoralized brain washed rejects
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The case load here is MASSIVE… Maybe that’s why they’re refusing so many cases and not issuing charges. Ironically, and sadly, black citizens are the most negatively impacted by it. Extremely incompetent activists
She was on maternity leave. Someone else signed for her electronically… Total shit show. The lead prosecutor resigned.
People re-elected this activist p.o.s. too.
I knew Dwight because him and his twin brother are homeless. Saw him daily. Kid was fucked up mentally and by drugs. Locked up the guy that killed him a few years ago. I actually got along with his killer pretty well. Bizarre shit in this city man
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Yep, as with most crises or mismanaged systems in our society, the poor and minority communities are usually the hardest hit as they typically lack the independent resources to mitigate harmful effects.
At some point they have to accept the reality that can’t be denied or explained away by fictitious bogeymen… That these frauds are harming them and their communities under the guise of “racial justice.”
When it comes to stupidity, duplicity, manipulation, personal enrichment, they are.
Hopefully we learn from harmful policies, and revise policies from lessons learned. I also hope that we don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater and go the opposite way on police and social reform. I think you agree that PDs would benefit from reform, and likely a redistribution of funding (i doubt you think things are perfect as-is or as they were). IMO, that reform needs to decided on in a more collaborative fashion that involves LEOs as they have first hand knowledge of where the fat is, and where the 100% needed services are.
I am a big proponent of an emergency “mental crisis” unit, that responds to mental crisis calls but keeps the police presences hidden or very much in the background. Something similar to the CAHOOTS response team in Eugene, OR. We also need to figure out a way to recruit and train a higher level of person for LEO positions… standards are far too low for such an important position with so much power and responsibility.
Serious question but how do you deal with those kinds of things? Obviously it wasn’t a friend or family member, but just in general with the experiences you have every day. Bizarre like you said.
We had that figured out, generally speaking. Now, for reasons that couldn’t possibly have anything to do with Democrat policy, we have a nationwide recruitment crisis in BOTH quantity and quality of candidates. Don’t you think we should first get back to where we were before we can start woke “re-imagining” law enforcement recruitment?
It is as if the profession has become dramatically less attractive to both current and prospective Law Enforcement Officers for some reason. It’s too bad they’re all racist, otherwise we could listen to their explanations for why.
The rise in crime and police staffing crisis must be due to mysterious forces. It is possible that these outcomes are somehow connected with solar flares, the migration of Earth’s magnetic poles, or perhaps tidal fluctuations brought about by celestial mechanics. I’m also not ruling out a miasma permeating the aether.
It can’t be Democrats, who mean so well.
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People can blame democrats but what have republicans done? Crack became an epidemic under Reagan and what was his response (besides looking the other way when drugs were brought into the inner cities): just say no. The drug war has not only been a failure but it’s made things worse. That’s the republican response: more prisons, more dysfunctional communities.
Stop and frisk? That thing that was unconstitutional? Maybe it worked to some degree but, muh freedom (which should apply to the minorities who were targeted, no?).
What did republicans do to prevent crime, a major part of which would include reducing poverty? Trickle down economics? Look to the sociopath Ayn Rand for answers? Pull yourself up by your bootstraps? Sex education? Spend more on education?
But let’s blame democrats even though republicans have done nothing to fix any of the problems.
Now you’re getting on-board.
Perhaps Republicans better understand that some problems can’t really be fixed by the government. I have strong criticisms regarding Republican failure to effectively advocate for this idea, but at least in doing so they weren’t actively making the problem worse.
Modern Democrats have been promising everything under the sun since the 1960’s when they finally made the pivot from the open and brazen racist politics mixed with communism lite that fueled them for 150 years. They instead got on board with good-sounding policies that unfortunately happen to deliver bad outcome after bad outcome, whether it’s crime, education or economic opportunities. They’ve had very few winning ideas at home or abroad.
It is interesting you bring up the crack epidemic. I grew up in Indiana, not all that far from Gary. You may or may not recall that Gary had the highest per capita murder rate in the country during the 1980’s. Then something happened… Something changed… The city became a much safer place to live. I spent a lot of time there in the late 90’s with a girlfriend who lived downtown.
I wonder what that was? Probably something to do with astrology. Can’t be a policy change to put more cops on the street and lock more criminals up.
I’m opposed to stop-and-frisk in principle, but not of the people of a local jurisdiction decide it is needed. Tough times require tough solutions, unfortunately.
Also, the drug war was bipartisan. I’m technically a victim of it, having faced unfairly harsh penalties to actions that harmed no one. Republicans TODAY have come around on that issue in many meaningful ways.
By all means though, keep reaching as far as you can to preserve your notion of moral equivalence.
We definitely need to rethink what we should be responding to. Like mva. Mental health calls. Etc… I always say we need to improve ourselves first but when do we ever hear ANYBODY calling for citizen accountability ? We don’t because most people are self involved slobs and it would cost politicians votes.
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I can agree to an extant but for too often people have ridiculous expectations that aren’t realistic. Also, they’re typically grossly uninformed of what we can / can’t do by law, procedure, etc…
The left is creating an environment that will only repel the kind of people we all need doing police work. Brilliant
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Just shrug at this point. Big cities make you hard and calloused. Especially on this job
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Especially the problems they created.
Reagan allowed poor blacks in the inner city to suffer from drug trafficking because he was more interested in the USSR and communism. It makes perfect sense now that we know he was a racist.
Do you expect nothing from your fellow citizens?
Nobody is demanding heroic behavior from the public. We’re talking about Mr. Rogers Neighborhood level of manners and ethics here. Basic decency and respect.
Where has that gone? Why is that gone?
Mr. Rogers was a fictional kid’s show.
Yes it was, zecarlo. You’re absolutely correct. Good job pointing that out. Did you know that Sesame Street is also fictional?
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