'High visibility paramilitary occupation is the answer to crime' is a proposition that should be challenged more

Just where I wanted my tax dollars to go. God, I hate this timeline.

The real danger begins when “Military Theatre” turns into Military Action. This is a very short putt…

Jfc the pettiness of it all

Why are their priorities so fraked up? "We need to have armed guards and pylons in case a bunch of people show up with washable chalk and start chanting 'please don't kill us anymore'. "

Politicians really do love high visibility policing, regardless of whether it achieves anything. You see it with city councilmembers asking for more patrols in their district. But this time it has a seemingly unlimited budget behind it. 😩

It wasn't a great photo op though.

Protecting a crosswalk from chalk or paint. Think about that.

Well those guys are busy apparently

My older daughter reports not seeing usual police presence in the areas she's in in DC. They're all sucked into trump's fascist maw aiding and abetting the thugs who are kidnapping anyone Brown right off our streets.

Make sure you have earplugs in yourself. No sense winding up with hearing damage just to spite them.

The man offers to help and asks where did the drunk last see the car keys. The drunk says over there by my car. The man asks why aren’t you looking by the car. The drunk says it’s too dark there. 2/2

A man find a drunk crawling along the gutter under a street light. The man asks the drunk what is happening. The drunk says he’s looking for his car keys. 1/2

They're on standby in case someone paints a rainbow on it.

Dumb question: It confuses me to see people from all kinds of agencies sporting the term “police” - which makes them all seem like local police. How do people even know who they are with?

mugged by them? likely

See, there is a crime problem!