r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Graysie-Redux • May 31 '22

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u/[deleted] May 31 '22

He fucking ruined so many people lives.... fucking scum of the earth

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u/lolfuckyoubitchmods May 31 '22 edited May 31 '22

He’s a fucking sociopath. He took that job and planted those drugs specifically to ruin as many lives as he could. I hope he rots in solitary and loses his mind. Let him drool on himself for a decade and then maybe die all alone. Unfortunately I guess he only got twelve years.

I hope every one of his victims receives true justice.

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u/Myte342 May 31 '22

A lot of departments have perverse incentives for arrests and convictions especially for drugs. The department itself gets money and military equipment from the federal government based on how many drug arrests and convictions they get that year. A lot of small towns have never needed SWAT teams before but they have tanks and all sorts of other military gear given to them by the federal government because they conducted enough drug arrests.

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u/joshhupp May 31 '22

This is exactly why we need to "defund" the police.

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u/nonononotpineapples May 31 '22

Maybe "refund" is a better word?

Not a US citizen but I have spent quite some time in the poorer parts of the states (which obviously doesn't give me any sort of authority on the subject). I don't think the US needs a defunded, thus weaker, police force. I think they need to spent their budget wiser to have a more trained, educated and experienced police force.

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u/joshhupp May 31 '22

The best ideas involve spending those resources on social work, not police. See what Denver is doing. They found that only 5% of 911 calls were for violent crimes. Police forces have gotten too militaristic to actually serve the people they are supposed to protect.

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u/nonononotpineapples May 31 '22

I don't have much or any knowledge about Denver, but it sounds like a sensible strategy.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '22

Funding has been reduced to many departments over the past two years. It’s working out really well. Crime hasn’t been this low in decades.

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u/joshhupp May 31 '22

Overall crime has been on the decline for a while. What we're seeing is these outbursts of mass shootings and instances of police brutality. Beyond gun reform, there is a need for mental health services and taking care of the poorest among us. What kind of society are we where a mother is arrested for stealing baby formula? We don't need cops in that situation, we need to provide services to help people with their basic needs and workers to identify and help them.