Current Events > Stupid question: What does "defund the police" mean?

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IdiotMachine 06/07/20 8:10:30 PM #1:	Is it just a catchy way of saying reform the police, or put some of the police funds into an accountability office (isn't this what internal affairs is for...?), or is it literal and it means no police? --- https://imgur.com/XNEdLrJ <cite>IdiotMachine posted [p:940330560] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>Is it just a catchy way of saying reform the police, or put some of the police funds into an accountability office (isn't this what internal affairs is for...?), or is it literal and it means no police? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nemu 06/07/20 8:11:31 PM #2:	It's a naive overreaction to an issue like "take all the guns away" in response to mass shootings. It's both something that would never happen and something that would be a negative. <cite>nemu posted [p:940330603] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>It's a naive overreaction to an issue like "take all the guns away" in response to mass shootings. It's both something that would never happen and something that would be a negative. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531 06/07/20 8:12:06 PM #3:	Ask whoever said it. --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:940330624] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>Ask whoever said it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CommunismFTW 06/07/20 8:12:36 PM #4:	it's a nice way to say cripple national security for foreign interests --- Since only from below can one better see the heights. https://imgur.com/OhZgm <cite>CommunismFTW posted [p:940330659] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>it's a nice way to say cripple national security for foreign interests </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SauI_Goodman 06/07/20 8:12:55 PM #5:	Police get paid with tax money. If they were to be defunded they'd have to find their own way of making money. Which is a big problem for them. I dont know how they would come up with money for payroll. Unless the community starts up a fundraiser for the cops. --- Team Coco <cite>SauI_Goodman posted [p:940330673] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>Police get paid with tax money. If they were to be defunded they'd have to find their own way of making money. Which is a big problem for them. I dont know how they would come up with money for payroll. Unless the community starts up a fundraiser for the cops. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 06/07/20 8:13:05 PM #6:	Well, I think the hope is that it means take away their funding until police meet all the public's demands But in practice it's going to mean no more police. --- 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:940330685] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>Well, I think the hope is that it means take away their funding until police meet all the public's demands But in practice it's going to mean no more police. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 06/07/20 8:14:23 PM #7:	SauI_Goodman posted... Police get paid with tax money. If they were to be defunded they'd have to find their own way of making money. Which is a big problem for them. I dont know how they would come up with money for payroll. Unless the community starts up a fundraiser for the cops. Or unless they operate like a mechanic or a repairman and you get a bill for the call. --- 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:940330729] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>SauI_Goodman posted... </cite> <quote>Police get paid with tax money. If they were to be defunded they'd have to find their own way of making money. Which is a big problem for them. I dont know how they would come up with money for payroll. Unless the community starts up a fundraiser for the cops.</quote>Or unless they operate like a mechanic or a repairman and you get a bill for the call. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChrisTaka 06/07/20 8:20:03 PM #8:	The city pays the police to do stuff. If the city don't pay the police then the police can't do stuff. --- If Corona is so bad why not just make it illegal? thinking emoji <cite>ChrisTaka posted [p:940330994] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>The city pays the police to do stuff. If the city don't pay the police then the police can't do stuff. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ultimate reaver 06/07/20 8:20:49 PM #9:	stop paying for apcs, xxxl riot gear and militarized equipment which is proven to be an ineffective crime deterrent and instead refocus that money on more useful things like education, community outreach and improvement, and basically anything else that is actually useful --- I pray god will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in truth <cite>ultimate reaver posted [p:940331033] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>stop paying for apcs, xxxl riot gear and militarized equipment which is proven to be an ineffective crime deterrent and instead refocus that money on more useful things like education, community outreach and improvement, and basically anything else that is actually useful </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Annihilated 06/07/20 8:21:10 PM #10:	IdiotMachine posted... or is it literal and it means no police? This is what most of the people who support defunding the police think it means. They don't think things through. <cite>Annihilated posted [p:940331046] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>IdiotMachine posted... </cite> <quote>or is it literal and it means no police?</quote> This is what most of the people who support defunding the police think it means. They don't think things through. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531 06/07/20 8:21:41 PM #11:	The prefix de doesn't exclude reduction. --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:940331071] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>The prefix de doesn't exclude reduction.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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iPhone_7 06/07/20 8:23:01 PM #13:	Stop giving them military gear & equipment. --- Sig User Logic https://imgur.com/lA5fm7w <cite>iPhone_7 posted [p:940331127] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>Stop giving them military gear & equipment. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 06/07/20 8:24:29 PM #14:	What do you think it means, IdiotMachine? --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:940331187] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>What do you think it means, IdiotMachine?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nemu 06/07/20 8:25:21 PM #15:	ImAMarvel posted... in a hypothetical scenario where you really could just sweep the us and take away literally every gun or almost every gun, the us would become much, much safer by default That's why it's naive. It assumes unrealistic circumstances, and it's a negative when applying realistic standards. Even assuming no armed resistance, the sheer number of guns makes it an insane prospect and does nothing to keep them out of criminal hands. Also 3D printing becoming cheaper and cheaper each year sort of makes it a pointless gesture. <cite>nemu posted [p:940331230] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>ImAMarvel posted... </cite> <quote>in a hypothetical scenario where you really could just sweep the us and take away literally every gun or almost every gun, the us would become much, much safer by default</quote>That's why it's naive. It assumes unrealistic circumstances, and it's a negative when applying realistic standards. Even assuming no armed resistance, the sheer number of guns makes it an insane prospect and does nothing to keep them out of criminal hands. Also 3D printing becoming cheaper and cheaper each year sort of makes it a pointless gesture. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AbstraktProfSC2 06/07/20 8:27:26 PM #16:	Heres a thread on what it means i guess https://twitter.com/TravelingNun/status/1268510966116954114 --- Talk about backseat fishing. highpathetic <cite>AbstraktProfSC2 posted [p:940331315] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>Heres a thread on what it means i guess https://twitter.com/TravelingNun/status/1268510966116954114 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FulminatedHydra 06/07/20 8:29:27 PM #18:	nemu posted... It's a naive overreaction to an issue like "take all the guns away" in response to mass shootings. It's both something that would never happen and something that would be a negative. This. --- S.S.D.D. <cite>FulminatedHydra posted [p:940331399] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>nemu posted... </cite> <quote>It's a naive overreaction to an issue like "take all the guns away" in response to mass shootings. It's both something that would never happen and something that would be a negative.</quote> This. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masticatingman 06/07/20 8:36:53 PM #19:	It means to abolish the police. And everything that entails. Apparently there would be some replacement type of dept set up, but something like casing a murder scene or doing detective work on a string of robberies, yeah, that would be not happening. And I havent seen anyone on this forum offer up a solution to jobs like that. --- Fervent appearing <cite>masticatingman posted [p:940331727] in Stupid que... [t:78753869]...</cite> <quote>It means to abolish the police. And everything that entails. Apparently there would be some replacement type of dept set up, but something like casing a murder scene or doing detective work on a string of robberies, yeah, that would be not happening. And I havent seen anyone on this forum offer up a solution to jobs like that. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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