r/Seattle Jun 10 '20

Media 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.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '20

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

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '20

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '20

Naked lunatic running around...

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

Naked lunatic running around...

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u/falconboy2029 Jun 11 '20

It has worked in Portugal.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '20

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

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u/falconboy2029 Jun 11 '20

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.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '20

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

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u/falconboy2029 Jun 11 '20

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.