ID: 4 panels:
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A self righteous person holds their hand up and says “Violence is never the solution.”
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Stephie replies with a smile “Oh! So you agree that we shouldn’t give weapons to the police?”
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She adds “And that we should dismantle the army?”
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Stephie is now right up behind the other person, looking angry, saying “Or did you mean that violence is only a solution when it helps maintain the status quo?”. The other person looks deeply uncomfortable.
Credit: Sophie Labelle
In the case of an active shooter you want someone there instantly. Every second is a higher risk of life lost. SWAT takes like 30m to an hour to set up, they’re for more tactical or planned situations. A cop can be there in like 5 mins depending on the location.
The goal is that cops get there and
a: rush in and take care of the suspect (dead or alive), or
b: get the suspect barricaded
which at that point they can call SWAT in to de-escalate with the phones they throw in windows or megaphones.
Sure in theory, but in practice?
so instead you’d rather shooters have full access to school for 30+ minutes while SWAT panics from the next town over? Like I get that one option isn’t good but I’d rather have cops than nothing.
I’ve literally had someone in MY LUNCH PERIOD with a gun at school literally last year. If they decided they wanted to start firing they’d have literally 500+ kids in that cafeteria, myself included.
Ideally access to guns would be more strictly regulated across the board and not just with cops. But the thing you’re complaining about is literally happening right now even with every cop having a gun so your emotional response isn’t going to work on me.
Hmmm. And in the case of Uvalde? How many seconds did those children endure?
Your premise was dead on arrival as the courts have repeatedly signaled that police have no obligation to serve or protect anyone.
Crime is a function of economic disparity. If cops really wanted to bust drugs, or always have a criminal to collar, all they’d have to do is raid any financial firm in any major city. They’ve all got booger sugar in their desks, and wage theft remains the most widely unenforced crime in the US. So obviously, the logic tells us that cops are not crime solvers, they are there to perpetuate socioeconomic status quo.