• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
    41·
    1 year ago

    Collectively cops are paid billions with many more millions in overtime. Just making the cops salaried with no overtime would be huge. But importantly removing cops would open up a ton of money for better solutions. A cop in NY makes over 100k a year. A social worker makes barely half of that. We could have 2 social workers for every cop. A therapist is also less than a cop. We can have better de-escalation with higher public trust for a fraction of the price.

    Really, what do police do except perpetuate violence?

    • anarchotoothbrushist@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      The police exist to defend capitalists’ interests. The state can’t call on a social worker when they need somebody to beat striking workers, or tear gas a riot.