Numark3

im a pretty big lefty, and will reluctantly vote Biden.

Well, the links and the council haven’t provided any details of what it means

that’s gonna need a lot of funding!!!

as long as we don’t call these new people police!!! Amiright

BLM? Big Latina Men???

the bills! This MORON SUPPORTS THE BILLS

im not conservative, and who knows what you are besides a troll. This is a very dumb idea that will never happen, and if Minneapolis attempts to do it, the process of implementing it will fail.

They haven’t announced any details because it makes no sense

This is one of the dumbest trends, and is truly an idea of a very very very very very small minority of our people who just happen to shout really loud. better strategic funding of the police and community can be a good thing, abolishing police is LOL

Shifting some funding isn’t that bad of an idea...

agreed that reasonable people can disagree on whether or not the cops should be charged (I don’t think they should). And I agree reasonable people can disagree on whether or not the shove was justified. But I think everyone should agree that there were better ways to handle the situation and it is a prime area for improvement. BUT, I know everyone doesn’t. Which is what I think is the actual problem with our police issue. no I’m just not interested in discussing this with certain types of posters. You fall in that group. Not a big deal

Thank you for providing example 976584 of what is wrong and why things won’t get better.

This should be the perfect example that everyone should agree highlights what needs to improve. I do not think there was any intent to injure (it was a light shove). They probably shouldn’t be charged with anything (but let’s ignore that as there are many factors at play, fair or not). And the police probably acted with their right. but you had a situation that should not end with an elderly man bleeding and injured. Why our police decided to lightly shove him instead of resolve the situation better is a giant issue. Police have strayed far to away from members of our community into something else...creating an “us verse them” mentality. And it’s not all their fault, but collectively everyone’s fault. We need to bring them and their roles back into the community....but both sides keep pushing each other farther away it is hard to say you are protecting us and are on our side when you leave an unarmed elderly man injured. Just like it’s hard for us to say we want you protecting us when we want to defund them and demonize all of them.

For all the morons saying all police are evil/pigs/should die, there are their (very) special counterparts on the other side who refuse to see anything wrong with police. There are few of both on this board.

To most people, yes. To the few on this board that refuse to ever reasonably admit anything wrong with the police, no. You could have a tank run over a protestor today and there would be the same four people defending it

Someone is obsessed lol

it isn’t age. It is when you are outnumbered 100 to one by militarized police while being unarmed. Why in the world is anyone defending police resorting to violence (even if within their right) in that situation? it is okay people to admit “they should not have been arrested, but the police should have handled that better and that is an issue we should try to fix.” I swear some of you would be defending the tank running over the guy in Tiananmen Square: “well he did approach the tank and he wasn’t allowed to be there and people weren’t protesting peacefully ... ... ... blabla Darwin Award ... ... derp derp”

because the war on drugs, while well intentioned, was in hindsight a major major ***** up

that’s the one and only point. But so many of you can’t admit that without saying “but” or adding a ton of irrelevant fluff like his twitter feed isn’t that the real problem? I agree they wouldn’t be charged under any other circumstances. But isn’t the problem that police handled the situation as they did?

no, but it’ll be better. Everyone’s reaction to that video should be “police can do better.” The fact some can’t bring themselves to do that is problematic. The officer’s conduct led to an elderly man, idiot or not, hospitalized. I’m not saying they should be fired or arrested. But they can do better. And if your reaction is to defend them, then oh boy have you been brainwashed

Just because someone is in the wrong, and the police are within their right, does not mean the police dod the right thing. the protests, beyond issues of race, should be about better police conduct. How someone can watch this video and think that was okay, is unfortunate and the problem. It was an elderly man alone against a line of cops, and he ended up in the hospital. It is a joke you think that result is acceptable. thank god you are part of the old generation that is soon going to be gone. Enjoy retirement

what is wrong with you. It was an elderly man, maybe sometimes you shouldn’t push someone...

let us know when those trials start. Thanks buddy

Look, she didn’t say anything wrong. But this isn’t the discussion point at all. it’s basically disagreeing with the very few who are painting him as a good person. But that equally misses the point.

Hey I’m always reasonable! Unlike everyone else, I come down on both sides of the political divide—as if condemning looters is political Lol?