> > I remember a time when water pistol > outdoors was just that, and no worry
> > about getting shot by the po-p > Of course, back then we were probably
> > doing in daylight, not dark > and the guns were not black or gun metal
> > colored.
> You may recall the "defun the police" movement. While the messaging was
> abysmal, one of the things that they were discussing was that police are
> militarized to such a degree and amped up to such a degree that the risk of
> kids getting shot for just playing games like kid have always done has appered
> to go up.
> Their solution was obviously to de-militarize the cops. I'm not sure ifthat
> would have been enough or even
> address the issue at hand (among the others) but it was conversation that ende
> too soon and I suspect will occuragain several time before I die.
While their messaging was abysmal, some here will probably blame "the
conservatives" who spread a false message about the movement. Problem was
that there were supporters spouting off the same bad message -- "take all
their money away."
It didn't help that some of their biggest supporter/bad messengers were
elected officials.
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