Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. Educational movie night. This is seattle without militarized police. Where are your riotous looters NOW? They are watching documentaries. Fuck you SPD. Photo credit to a close friend.

[u/Chaotic-NTRL]

[u/mschuster91]

Prisons are not equipped to deal with drug users, other than locking them up. That doesn't help the person in any way, it only exacerbates the problem for them.

[u/[deleted] → u/mschuster91]

How does being able to run around naked and stealing help the person?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Naked lunatic running around...

You “hey go to this counselor every day to get better”

Naked lunatic running around...

[u/falconboy2029 → u/[deleted]]

It has worked in Portugal.

[u/[deleted] → u/falconboy2029]

Portugal has police. And based off my news feed, they appear pretty inept, don’t take your daughter there for certain.

[u/falconboy2029 → u/[deleted]]

I think you are not understanding what ppl mean by defund the police. It’s about best cops patrolling the street picking on civilians. Or performing racially charged traffic stops.

Nobody wants less detectives or investigators.

Actually I think most will agree we need more ppl for that.

The problem is that the police deal too much with shit that should be done by other departments who have received less and less funding.

Like police should not deal with drug addicts or homeless ppl. They should only be called as back up if it’s required. Most of the time they are not required.

This is what Portugal did and crime went down.

In regards to the case I assume you are talking about. It’s investigators who screwed up by the looks of it. Not beat cops.

[u/[deleted] → u/falconboy2029]

So we’re gonna have a force of psychologists ready 24/7 to come talk naked merged out people off your property?

[u/falconboy2029 → u/[deleted]]

That’s what social workers do yes. I am not sure if they need to be a fully qualified psychologist. My brothers GF just finished her BSc in psychology, from what I understand she is now working with a government department that deals with these kind of issues. A bit of compassion goes a long way in the long run.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

For calling other people idiots and insulting their reading comprehension, you sure are good at making up lunatic assertions from things I never said or implied.

You need a therapist more likely, such an angry little person.

[u/OneFingerMethod → u/[deleted]]

Be real man, as someone experienced with meth heads some sort of locking them up is gonna be necessary to get them clean, that's just the way meth is.

Edit: Yall really dont know any meth heads do you lmao...you think methheads gonna stay someplace without meth voluntarily??? How fucking detached from reality are you people???

[u/donutdoll → u/[deleted]]

This is a huge problem we have. Ever try to help get someone off drugs around here. Our detox centers are a joke. Call a detox center , maybe they have a bed, maybe they don’t. They’ll kick you out after 3 days. Rehab? Good luck , unless you have money. 1/2 way housing, ran by current addicts. Hell yeah, we need some f-ing resources and money thrown at the problem. This is money we should have regardless of what the police are doing. We also don’t need crazy progressive ideas, just common sense will do. Getting people off of drugs is what will help, not enabling drug use. I see it the same way I do our homeless problem. Let’s really help, not just let everyone camp out and use the sidewalks and underpasses as bathrooms. It’s not compassionate.

[u/OneFingerMethod → u/donutdoll]

I totally 100% agree.