Simple question

[Danzig]

Was watching a show, and thinking.....

Many areas of the country have cut programs for mental health, rehab, etc. But that police budget? No.
So, do we have states doing the same as feds? What is our answer so often with foreign policy? A military response.
And here we are, with police given military equipment swat raids ten times what they were...you would think, based on seeing police departments with rpgs and full body armor that we live in a war zone. But our crime rates are so low. Why are they armed to the gills, when we are actually safer than ever? If we keep sending cops out like that, are we not begging for too much force to be used?when given military surplus equipment, these depts are told you have to use within a years time, or you obviously didnt need it. Which means depts are going to find a reason to use their toys, to keep their toys.
So, what if, instead of hiring more and more police, we actually put the money where it belongs?? Or are police lobbyists and military equipment lobbyists and for profit prison lobbyists too powerful to buck?

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Danzig

Was watching a show, and thinking.....

Many areas of the country have cut programs for mental health, rehab, etc. But that police budget? No.
So, do we have states doing the same as feds? What is our answer so often with foreign policy? A military response.
And here we are, with police given military equipment swat raids ten times what they were...you would think, based on seeing police departments with rpgs and full body armor that we live in a war zone. But our crime rates are so low. Why are they armed to the gills, when we are actually safer than ever? If we keep sending cops out like that, are we not begging for too much force to be used?when given military surplus equipment, these depts are told you have to use within a years time, or you obviously didnt need it. Which means depts are going to find a reason to use their toys, to keep their toys.
So, what if, instead of hiring more and more police, we actually put the money where it belongs?? Or are police lobbyists and military equipment lobbyists and for profit prison lobbyists too powerful to buck?

Ding Ding Ding... Follow the money. For profit prisions and those that hold a stake in them.. Think lawmakers. How much money are we wasting locking people up for victimless crimes. Crimes that we the taxpayers are on the hook paying to prosecute and penalize. Crimes that are only prosecuted to enrich stakeholders in for profit prisions. Capitalism is great but it has run amok. Greed has made us unable to see conflicts of interest Anymore.



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