[ExI] Cory Massimino on advocating police abolition

[Dan TheBookMan]

On Aug 6, 2020, at 10:06 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 7:28 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> Because the phrase "defund the police" is suddenly all in the news and is basically a good idea,
> 
> ### "Privatize the police", "Reform the police", "Make police great again" might be good ideas but "Defund the police" is just stupid.

Then I guess whatever happened in Camden, NJ — where they defunded the police back in 2012 — must be fake news. See:

https://www.businessinsider.com/camden-new-jersey-police-disbanded-how-it-works-impacts-residents-2020-6

Also, Cory’s piece was on abolition — not defunding. Have you actually read it? (I know the answer is No.)

Regards,

Dan
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