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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a shame you have to really think hard about police brutality and murder before calling the police. we saw a woman who seemed a bit confused, and kept crossing a busy street on a hill around a curve, so it was hard for oncoming cars to see her. At first I thought she might have been looking for something she had dropped crossing the street, but it became clear she was having some sort of cognitive or psychological problem. My first instinct was to call the police, but I thought better of it, since they can cause more harm than good. T[b]hat is such a sad commentary on the police in our society today.[/b][/quote]

What is sad is that you have been brainwashed by cherry picked videos to create a narrative that sells, but is in no way accurate. Do you actually think that social media and CNN shows videos of law enforcement that are representative of what police officers do day in and day out? Do you even know any police officers?  The ignorance here is astounding. [/quote]

I'm basing this on local news. Yes, people call the police for someone have a mental crisis and the police use tasers or just shoot them dead. It has happened enough times ***in this area*** that I think twice before calling the police.[/quote]

Also noticeably absent is any police response that how they handled it was wrong, they made a mistake, deeply regret what happened, etc. This is exactly why all police are being lumped together. Instead of saying, "We disavow the brutality displayed in that video," they say, "You don't know what happened. You weren't there. It was probably justified." They say, if you criticize one of us, you criticize all of us." They stand together against the public in solidarity with an abusive, murderous police officer instead of saying, "This is not how most of us behave."

So you can't have it both ways. You can't have police stand in solidarity with abusive officers and at the same time want to be seen as mostly decent and good.

Question: Why do police officers and their supporters make this about choosing either BLM or blue lives matter? Don't black lives matter to police? Then why can't they say so? And why is saying so offensive to the police?[/quote]

There are numbers frequently posted to DCUM for mental health response, or you call 311. Not calling anyone is a heartless [/quote]

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