Larry Summers and House Reps. Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen have blasted him. Kathy Hochul, Kirsten Gillibrand, Hakim Jeffries, and Chuck Schumer are hedging, especially in light of comments he made over the weekend. They want “clarification.”
That's as nieve an idea as anyone can come up with. What is a social worker supposed to do with a mentally ill person WITH A GUN?
he's Indian-Ugandan, and I have no idea what you mean to imply by the 'eat with their hands' comment.
As the MAGAts are busy passing laws to specifically allow mentally ill people to have unrestricted access to guns, that question is moot.
There are so many people with guns who shouldn't have one, that I can't express my anger at ANYBODY who would say this is acceptable. I carried a weapon for 4 years as an Air Force policeman, and haven't touched one since getting out in 1970. Wait, one of my good friends took me shooting with his .22 automatic once in 2011.
I don't know or care if you're serious about this. But just to be clear, the situation you describe would still call for involving the police. As I've explained repeatedly, despite its name, "Defund the police" does not call for eliminating them.
I understand how many Indian families eat meals, but I don't understand why you brought it up at all
Unless you're responding to posts I'm not seeing.Look very closely at the Seattle Police Department, PLEASE! After the George Floyd murder, 2/3 of the city council DEMANDED that the police be defunded. So many officers quit plus the ones who were fired due to lack of funding, that for several years, there were 500+ openings that went unfilled. It has taken over 3 years of aggressive recruiting to lower that number to about 250. Defend my ass.
this teed ingraham up for a comment which she probably thought sounded smart but came across as a very telling confession
Sounds like the problem is the officers who quit. Maybe ask yourself why they felt compelled to quit - could it be because they felt they could no longer abuse people with impunity? Like it or not, that is a depressingly common occurrence, and it's a problem that needs to be addressed.
The majority of those who quit were sick and tired of constantly being shit on by the city council. Also, there were others who were told they would be laid off, so they quit ahead of they layoffs.
Being "shit on" by the city council, or being held accountable for their behavior?
NO, because the anarchists on the city council didn't want ANY police. Yes, the SPD weren't angels, but they were far better than nothing.
Read my reply to Nowisthetime.
That’s a gross oversimplification. Wanting police reform is not the same as wanting no police. Many of those folks you call "anarchists" pushed for accountability, better training, and community investment, not chaos. SPD had serious issues (some admitted by their own leadership), and people were right to demand better. The false choice between "abuse" and "anarchy" is just fearmongering, something your dear leader loves to do.
Read Nowisthetime's response to you.
If you don't live in Western Washington and are getting your information from the media, I dare say you just might not have the correct perspective. Both my parents were born in Seattle. In 1914 and 1919. Me, born here in 1946.
Aren't you just about the same age as Bernie? I'm a generation younger, & I've worked all my life. Thankfully, I've had the opportunity to find work I enjoyed. That's become a more & more difficult thing to do. I feel for the generations that have been coming up behind me.
