Yes let's put more power-tripping, feral hogs around our children.

  • Shoegazer [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Lol didn’t this dumbass almost get kidnapped and murdered by undercover feds in a right wing militia? Who do you think is working the force?

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Instead of addressing the elephant in the room of neoliberal late capitalism making people snap and shoot up schools, the kneejerk american reaction is to put more armed goons in schools to harass black students.

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    A group of students wants to stop Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from directing $25 million to place police officers on campuses at 195 public school districts.

    that's over $130k per school.

    • YoloParenti [any]
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      2 years ago

      The students, a part of an advocacy group called Detroit Area Youth Uniting Michigan

      Good luck to our DAYUM students

      • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        the calculus politicians in the US do regarding gun violence and public education is decoupled from public goods. i just want to emphasize the opportunity cost of this move: imagine every district getting a pair of social workers instead of an armed bully with arrest powers.

      • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        how this is true after Uvalde is a testament to the amount of copaganda we wade through every day

      • Antoine_St_Hexubeary [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        To add to this: the political risk is asymmetrical, because if Whitmer keeps the SROs, a school shooting happens anyway, and the on-duty SRO fails to prevent it, almost nobody will blame Whitmer.

      • usa_suxxx [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        But that’s probably worth it to any politician bc if a school shooting happens after you get rid of that you’re unelectable for the rest of your life,

        It hasn't even been a year since like a hundred cops waited outside doing nothing. Politicians just want it, not some sort of fear about electability. Otherwise, it is about as good a time as it is ever going to be stumping against this.

    • kkitsuragisleftnut [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Oh sure they'll be one or two silly cop shenanigans here or there but you negative nancies have to look at the positives! Speedrunning the school-to-prison pipeline by putting these goons in underfunded schools will help ensure a ready supply of sla-- uh, erm , cost-effective labor for Michigan to outsource .

    • Futterbinger [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      CW: https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/08/05/two-more-victims-come-forward-with-sexual-abuse-claims-against-former-clearwater-co-deputy/

  • Blottergrass [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Any economy neoliberalized after 1979 can't govern, all they know is corruption, incompetence, use of force and lie.

  • Goblinmancer [any]
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    2 years ago

    Cant wait for more cops planting drugs on lockers!!!! :acab: