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   On 02 Nov 2022, Jeff Thiele said the following...   
       
    JT> The "Defund the Police" rhetoric was not violent. It was a reasoned call   
    JT> to allow police to focus on policing and have others take care of the   
    JT> things that police are called upon to do that have nothing to do with   
    JT> policing. There was nothing violent about it.   
      
   Others like who? People who might be part of the problem?    
   Who would have that authority and who would even want that massive   
   responsibility to make this judgment call.    
   Let cops do their jobs and you do you.   
      
   No the violence comes when these nonsensical persons who making these   
   requests get what they have been asking for and get to de-fund the Police.    
   This will be HELL - Unleashed!   
      
   The mere mentioning of such a request SHOULD be immediately be met with a   
   board of inquiry (hearing) and be countered with mandatory class based on   
   fundamentals of right and wrong, followed by a why one comment form.    
   As to why they are making such a request in the first place.   
      
   If de-funding the Police comes to be a reality there will be unstoppable and   
   continuous crime and it will only empower & embolden the criminal mind.     
   Who will return the peace, when gangs form and claim territories of city   
   blocks, terrorizing every corner of the city.    
      
   Maybe commissioner Gordon can rush to the top of Police Headquarters and flash   
   the Bat Signal?  What your suggesting is just as ridiculous, not to mention is   
   totally preposterous as well as dangerous because these are the exact   
   ingredients of a bloodbath.   
      
   A rational mind is required at this time. Not liberal ones who obviously   
   have not thought through one element w/ any type of clarity.    
   Not even slightly. You're insane!   
      
   De-funding the Police is not the answer. They are there to Protect and Serve   
   remember? Furthermore de-funding the Police will lead to chaos and a lot more   
   death without this check and balance in place. There should be more cops in   
   schools and in after school programs (in summer programs too.) As well on the   
   basketball courts and within the inner cities in general to change this   
   ridiculous notion and (complete lie) that one needs to fear the Police.    
   This notion needs to be eliminated just because your skin may be brown that   
   this does NOT mean that your a criminal or up to no good.    
   Cops have families too, they want to return to them at the end of their shift.   
      
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