I’m a union guy and I’ve been a union guy my entire life, since my first job in the early 90s. The problem here is the police union. The police union bargains to prevent the dumb bullshit they do from being taken away from them. When you see cops directing traffic after events, that’s because the cops are soaking up overtime and refuse to let another job title handle traffic. When you see cops responding to non emergency events, it’s because the cops are refusing to let another job title handle little shit.

We need more cops, but we would need FAR fewer and could focus their resources FAR better if we could redefine what a police officer does in the year of our lord 2024. It is a job title that is in obvious need of reimagining. What police provide and what the citizens want is not aligned and it’s crazy that the cops are just like, nah, we ain’t changing how bout dat

They just refuse to change but they make sure to complain the entire time.

We need a lotta things, but damn do we need to end the mega mergers too.

Thanks for posting that. Great article.

May I have snow please. Thank you.

more money for cops tax breaks spending cuts

great innovation guys

well shit

"The Fremont Brewing co-founder "

oh shit really

fuck well that’s another on the do not drink list

They’ve completely annihilated bedrock legal principles like standing and precedent (not to mention ethics of any kind or basic standard) but because they didn’t take this case, you’re making the argument that they aren’t “as bad as lemmy makes out”?

dafuq

They didn’t rule against it homie, they just didn’t take this particular case.

i never downvote as a general rule but goddamn i’m being tested here

I get them perfectly fine. I have a shitty flat antenna in the window of my living room, going to an ancient Hauppage. I’m in West Seattle.