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@BC7GN3K Agreements3mos ago

Military equipment kills people

The police are also often incredibly prejudiced. The police are also being introduced into schools, where there's actual children around that shouldn't need to be seeing a person in full body armor strolling about in a vaguely threatening manner. It's also insanely costly. The police are a mini-army for the United States, and their equipment is a huge part of those costs. Why did people not support the marines being used in LA? Because when you sic people with military weapons and army training on people, you know that the state's intent isn't to stop the fight. It's to kill people. There's a whole other issue of the police essentially being an extension of the ideological oppression of the bourgeois, but that's more complex and based on the ideology promoting that evil c word that we as a nation somehow still haven't gotten over.

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 @BC88JR9  from Pennsylvania  disagreed…3mos3MO

I think that demilitarizing the police can allow crime to spike as criminals will feel less threatened and less cautious about committing crimes. I do not believe the police are highly prejudiced, though there are cases I do not believe the majority of them are.

 @BC8HPT9Independent from Texas  disagreed…3mos3MO

We should hold them accountable but not erase them, who will stop the criminals? this will bring back the survival of the fittest to the extreme

 @BC89KGJ from California  agreed…3mos3MO

I think police should focus more on protecting people and less on using military style equipment. It's important for communities to feel safe and not scared. At the same time,police still need the right tools to handle dangerous situation, so there should be a balance.

 @BC88JNL from Ohio  agreed…3mos3MO

Demilitarizing the police is an important step toward building safer, more trusting communities. Military-grade equipment can create a sense of fear and tension between the police and the public, rather than a sense of safety. Children shouldn’t have to grow up feeling threatened by law enforcement presence, especially in schools where they should feel secure. We need to focus on community policing, descalation tactics, and better training to handle conflict without the need for heavy weaponry. Plus, reducing police militarization could help address concerns about racial bias and the disproportionate impact of police actions on marginalized communities

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