Defunding our police..

[Flysmallie]

Once again everyone says they don’t understand  but they know it’s a bad idea. 
 

Welcome to America. Home of the ignorant. 
 

 

[Mitch f]

28 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

Once again everyone says they don’t understand  but they know it’s a bad idea. 
 

Welcome to America. Home of the ignorant. 
 

 

But you are the enlightened one, as usual

[top_dollar]

5 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

That's a very "outside looking in" statement.   What you are calling the "truly good LEO's" have a hiccup.  In every department the good cops know who the jackasses in their department are, yet they cover for them, and do nothing to get them corrected or removed.  Whether out of loyalty, or just because they don't wanna stir crap in the department.   If there were truly some honest to goodness GOOD (oath abiding) COPS....then a bad one wouldn't last 2 weeks on the job.  Ever!

I also have to roll my eyes everytime I hear you say "they put their life on the line everyday".  That's BS.  They have all the coolest toys, have immediate access to as much backup as they need before advancing on anyone, and unless they slept through training they know the best and SAFEST way to handle every situation.  Plus, if you scare them they can just kill you. I mean c'mon.... A job driving a truck, a job working on machinery, a job mowing lawns, or a job at a convenience store... is 100 times more dangerous than being a cop.  

I'm not sure what "defunding" means in that instance, but I'm pretty sick of the M.O. of most all city and county law enforcement agencies.  I dislike the way they actively look for someone to arrest for any reason.  It's obvious to me that they are being trained and hired to fill the courtrooms Monday thru Friday every week, all year long.    Of course every community needs law enforcement, but that doesn't justify quotas and standing room only court rooms 5 days a week. Especially if they are already receiving funding from other avenues. 

I'd be afraid that "defunding" is just going to make them even MORE greedy for YOUR dollars.  It certainly isn't going to make police harrassment LESS.   

Everyone should have already learned that the way to be LEFT ALONE by the police is to FEED THEM WELL beforehand.  🙄  If George Floyd delivered pies to the justice center every other Tuesday, he'd not only still be alive, he would have been able to say "What? A counterfeit $20 ?  Where the hell did THAT come from?"

And they'd be actively looking for who actually printed it.  😉 But nope, I'm betting there's no ongoing investigation on the maker of the alleged fake dough.  Find some evidence that Floyd was involved in counterfeiting cash.....and all this crap would be over.

Wow, I dont know that I've ever agreed with you before lol, but in this case I think you're 100% correct.  

[Boobie]

Any big city would love to get their hands on some of that police money. Usually that money is the biggest tax bill the city must fund! Am I wrong?

[tjm]

11 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

If you read about it and understand it you might realize it’s not that strange. 

Can you give me the short version, please?  Defund sounds pretty simple, so obviously I'm missing some key element.

[Phil Lilley]

2 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

Once again everyone says they don’t understand  but they know it’s a bad idea. 
 

Welcome to America. Home of the ignorant. 
 

 

I was asking for info and you call us ignorant?

[liphunter]

2 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

Once again everyone says they don’t understand  but they know it’s a bad idea. 
 

Welcome to America. Home of the ignorant. 

That's actually a big step up from what my dad used to call me, but I'm still not sure it's a compliment? 

[MOPanfisher]

When a wide open idea is proposed such as "defund the police" it is always perceived a hundred different ways.  Some will see it as shut down allnPDs and LE and use the money for making veering get along or provide a basic income for low income individuals.  Others will perceive it as something else.  By the time it would be written into a bill and passed into law who th heck knows what it would become, might be requiring all LE to be unarmed and wear plaid shirts and ride bicycles, and provide 40 billion dollars to fund the Missouri smallmouth alliance.  Or be taken up by AOC and then all bets are off.

[Flysmallie]

4 hours ago, Mitch f said:

But you are the enlightened one, as usual

Nope. I’m not sure if it’s a good idea or not. But at least I tried to understand what it means before I took a side. I mean it couldn’t possibly mean that we just get rid of all police. And it doesn’t. 

[Flysmallie]

2 hours ago, Phil Lilley said:

I was asking for info and you call us ignorant?

Nope. I’m calling anyone that won’t take the time to educate themselves ignorant. It’s a huge problem in our country. It’s a huge problem in the world. 
 

I’m not the guy to educate you on political matters. Especially on a fishing forum that has banned such activity.