BLM as an idea? i'm completely fine with it. BLM the organization? i have issues with it.

one of the things that makes me chuckle is the hypocrisy of "it takes more training/schooling to be a hair dresser than it does to be a cop" as a way of denigrating cops, yet the defunders fail to own up to the reality that defunding will lead to an even more under trained police force. the utopian, pie in the sky idea that social workers can replace cops in a lot of situations just isn't a reality. the few times that i've worked with our county mental health crisis unit, they won't do anything without us being there. i was completely underwhelmed with their ability to try and de-escalate the individual. it was like watching a rookie handle the call.

while still in the early stages of implementation, the results are in. those cities that have "defunded" the police have seen huge spikes in violent crime. the ironic side effect is that those people who the defunding effort is supposed to help, are the most negatively impacted by the effects. the elites who push these policies still have their police and private security protection. this is a big social experiment being played out in real time and those with the least to lose are the ones who are playing the cards.

by and large, the system works. those few bad apples are getting theirs. i'd be in favor of mandatory body cams for all police. there are still a ton of agencies that don't have them because of cost. defunding isn't helping the cause...