I& #39;ve never once in my life had the police help me in any meaningful way.
I once interrupted a man beating his girlfriend. That man then attacked me with a hammer. When the police showed up, the refused to take my testimony and sent the ambulance away.
Once I was illegally evicted. I called the police and they told me it was a civil matter. When I cited the exact statue that made it something they had to act on, they snarled at me.
I have had violent neighbors they refused to act on. In Hollywood, they lied to me and told me that my neighborhood was handled by park police. It wasn& #39;t.
I& #39;m a white dude and cops are totally useless to me. I can& #39;t think of anyone I know who has actually been helped by the police.
I& #39;m all for disbanding the police. Because if your fear is armed people doing what they want to without any oversight or repercussions, cops aren& #39;t going to protect you from that. They& #39;re it. They& #39;re what you& #39;re afraid of.
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