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Hell  ·  3531 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Shoot First: Police tell Detroiters to buy guns

    Why doesn't he advocate instead for more officers, for more funding, for better organization within the department?

It's likely that will never happen, not at least until the fed steps in with bails of money. Finger pointing at an anemic police force and telling them they need to find better ways to run their department help nobody. For once, they are being honest about the most effective way people can protect themselves.





user-inactivated  ·  3531 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    For once, they are being honest about the most effective way people can protect themselves.

Did you read the article? Because the entire second half is about how ridiculously bad of a solution to the problem this is.

mknod  ·  3531 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Why wouldn't he advocate for Snyder and the rest of the government to help Detroit?

Detroit helps build the economies of several surrounding counties and they in turn help Detroit, it seems like asking for funding or organizational help from these counties would be a much better and cheaper solution than telling 700,000 to buy a gun.