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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have the largest police force on a per capita basis and our elected leaders don’t want them to do anything. You see the results. Cops sitting in their cars surfing the internet[/quote]

This. They can only do what elected leaders want them to do. Policing isn’t very popular right now, so you aren’t going to see a lot of patrolling or proactive policing. [/quote]

I lived here before George Floyd was killed and never saw an MPD officer walk a beat, interact with anyone outside of tourists asking for directions, or get off their phone when not sitting in their cars, so I'm not sure this Murdoch talking point is as true as people want it to be.  There has not been a political sea change forcing them to *stop* all the crimefighting they were doing before their hands were tied.[/quote]

The proof is in the numbers and the upswing in lawlessness the past few years.[/quote]

That actually disproves the theory, because lawlessness is up everywhere - places that reacted to the string of murder cops by trying to institute reform of the police and places that reacted by buying them more tanks and making it legal to drive over protestors.[/quote]

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