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Foxology<p>My local police equipment includes sniper rifles, AR-15-derived rifles, shotguns that can shoot through walls, drones, and a mobile command vehicle. </p><p>When people headed toward a shopping mall after a protest ended, police showed up in riot gear. Tear gas, zip ties, the whole deal. </p><p>My point is police have violence at their core, and there&#39;s no provocation too small or violent response too large for them. </p><p>They were ready to kill people who were walking to a mall. </p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/DefundPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefundPolice</span></a></p>
Foxology<p>The idea that police create safety is tough to defend. </p><p>First, what do we mean by safety? If we define it as secure food and shelter that cannot be taken, obviously police don’t provide safety. </p><p>If it means crime prevention, what do we mean by crime? Wage theft? Polluting the air? Those are great harms, and police don’t much pursue them. </p><p>If crime means stealing catalytic converters, police aren’t preventing that. </p><p>And so it goes. </p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/defundpolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>defundpolice</span></a></p>
Foxology<p>Should I see cops everywhere I go? </p><p>Should cops be posted everywhere, just watching everyone? </p><p>On a 15 minute walk, should I see at least 3 cop cars drive by? </p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>abolition</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/DefundPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefundPolice</span></a></p>
Foxology<p>Bree Newsome Bass pointed out the Memphis police chief, as a Black woman, is not progress. Same thing happened in my county. </p><p>My state senator put forward the first female sheriff in my county as representative of progress and reform, simply because she’s a woman. </p><p>He goes on to say she embraces the “latest crime-fighting technology”, meaning surveillance, of course. </p><p>She will not fundamentally change anything. </p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/defundpolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>defundpolice</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>abolition</span></a></p>
Foxology<p>My state senator approved of an additional $565 million to chase shoplifting &amp; similar things. </p><p>That same $565 million could have helped a lot of struggling people. Imagine slicing it into $500 payments to low income people. </p><p>About 1.1 million people would benefit. </p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/universalbasicincome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>universalbasicincome</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/DefundPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefundPolice</span></a></p>
Foxology<p>I understand absorbed copaganda is hard to dismantle. It’s all around us: embedded in tv, movies, news media, and so on. It’s been a difficult, confusing process for me. </p><p>Today, I hope more people are motivated to discover the truth, and imagine a world without police. </p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/DefundPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefundPolice</span></a></p>
Foxology<p>My California state Senator is considering cop budget increase proposals. To support the increase, he cites shoplifting, catalytic converter theft, and fentanyl. </p><p>I wrote a pretty long reply, which started with “this is bullsh*t.” </p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/DefundPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefundPolice</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/fentanylhysteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fentanylhysteria</span></a></p>
Foxology<p>Nothing unusual here. Police do this stuff all the time. </p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/DefundPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefundPolice</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/Systemic-failure-Oakland-faces-setback-in-17729259.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sfchronicle.com/eastbay/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/Systemic-failure-Oakland-faces-setback-in-17729259.php</span></a></p>