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12 things to do instead of calling the cops (must be seen to be believed)

Posted on 11/20/2018 9:53:46 AM PST by Borges

This came from a group called PLOT (Progressive Leaders of Tomorrow). This is apparently not satire.

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Calling the police often escalates situations, puts people at risk, and leads to violence. Anytime you seek help from the police, you're inviting them into your community and putting people who may already be vulnerable into dangerous situations. Sometimes people feel that calling the police is the only way to deal with problems. But we can build trusted networks of mutual aid that allow us to better resolve conflicts ourselves and move towards forms of transformative justice, while keeping police away from our neighborhoods."

1. Don't feel obligated to defend property—especially corporate "private" property. Before confronting someone or contacting the police, ask yourself if anyone is being hurt or endangered by property theft or damage. If the answer is "no," then let it be.

2. If something of yours is stolen and you need to file a report for insurance or other purposes, consider going to the police station instead of bringing cops into your community. You may inadvertently be putting someone in your neighborhood at risk.

3. If you observe someone exhibiting behavior that seems odd to you, don't assume that they are publicly intoxicated. A traumatic brain injury or similar medical episode may be occurring. Ask if they are OK, if they have a medical condition, and if they need assistance.

4. If you see someone pulled over with car trouble, stop and ask if they need help or if you can call a tow truck for them. If the police are introduced to such a situation, they may give punishments and unnecessary tickets to people with car issues, target those without papers, or worse.

5. Keep a contact list of community resources like suicide hotlines. When police are contacted to "manage" such situations, people with mental illness are sixteen times more likely to be killed by cops than those without mental health challenges. [Note: Some suicide hotlines call police and rely heavily on law enforcement. Check local hotlines and make sure you ask about their protocols.]

6. Check your impulse to call the police on someone you believe looks or is acting "'suspicious.” Is their race, gender, ethnicity, class, or housing situation influencing your choice? Such calls can be death sentences for many people.

7. Encourage teachers, coworkers, and organizers to avoid inviting police into classrooms, workplaces, and public spaces. Instead create a culture of taking care of each other and not unwittingly putting people in harm's way. If you're part of a group that's holding a rally or demonstration, DON’T get a permit or otherwise cooperate with the police.

8. If your neighbor is having a party and the noise is bothering you, go over and talk to them. Getting to know your neighbors with community events like block parties is a good way to make asking them to quiet down a little less uncomfortable. Or find another neighbor who is willing to do so.

9. If you see someone peeing in public, just look away! Remember, for example, that many homeless people do not have reliable access to bathrooms.

10. Hold and attend de-escalation, conflict resolution, first-aid, volunteer medic, and self-defense workshops in your neighborhood, school, workplace, or community organization. When possible, donate to these initiatives so they remain recurring.

11. Don't report graffiti and other street artists. If you see work that includes fascistic or hate speech, paint over it with friends.

12. Remember that police can escalate domestic violence situations—especially those involving people of color. You can support friends and neighbors who are being victimized by abusers by offering them a place to stay, a ride to a safe location, or to watch their children. Utilize community resources like safe houses and hotlines.


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To: Borges

And never call for those huge fire trucks and ambulances! Uniforms are scary.


41 posted on 11/20/2018 10:41:32 AM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: Disambiguator

Never saw/read the follow up but people who did read it were incredulous over it. Almost as bad as those traffic/litter wardens in the UK.


42 posted on 11/20/2018 10:41:49 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: KrisKrinkle

...In the face of theft, some say “it’s only money” or jewelry, or whatever,
but the theft is not just a crime against property or an individual...
it’s a crime against civilization.

The proximate harm of all sin is to the sinner
They just don’t know it yet

The harm to others, community, civilization are all secondary concerns
Like throwing a rock in a pond, waves roll out disturbing all around,
But the big “Bloop” is the sinner


43 posted on 11/20/2018 10:41:54 AM PST by HangnJudge
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To: outofsalt

I did help an elderly lady change her tire (couldn’t afford road service on her insurance) and afterwards went to lunch together. She’s been a good friend for years now.


44 posted on 11/20/2018 10:43:07 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Borges

There’s a Constable’s husband in Houston who wishes he had followed #9. I guess he thought when his wife was off duty the authority passed on to him.


45 posted on 11/20/2018 10:50:01 AM PST by Terry Mross (On some threads it's best to go jst inraight to the comments..)
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To: Borges

#13 - SSS


46 posted on 11/20/2018 10:52:18 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Borges

#13 - SSS


47 posted on 11/20/2018 10:52:19 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Borges

If I ever find myself in a community like this - I would GTFO.

Pronto.


48 posted on 11/20/2018 10:56:18 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Borges

Law and order in America is crumbling at the highest levels. Removing police from society, let alone weakening their ability to serve will lead to anarchy in most communities. There are 2A demographics and regions that can withstand minimum to zero law enforcement and a SHTF but outside of that the leftists want America on fire by design for their control.


49 posted on 11/20/2018 10:57:22 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Disambiguator

My mother’s neighbour got a seatbelt ticket while still in the private drive of their park. The cop “justified” it by telling her that he figured she only put it on after she saw him.

Highwaymen indeed.


50 posted on 11/20/2018 10:58:03 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: SkyDancer

You’re lucky she didn’t carjack you ;)


51 posted on 11/20/2018 11:00:36 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Borges; All

Responses to this article went in a strange direction. Folks who don’t hesitate to call cops on neighborhood disruptions and roadyway hazards are being very quiet.

It’s as cowardly to be paranoid of the cops as it is to expect them to defend your home, business or church.

I’ve probably called the Highway Patrol 50 times to report hazards and people in potential danger.


52 posted on 11/20/2018 11:01:04 AM PST by old-ager
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To: Mark
"And never call for those huge fire trucks and ambulances! Uniforms are scary."

My neighbor is a forward Tactical Air Controller (retired USAF). He can have the black helicopters in range in under five minutes.

53 posted on 11/20/2018 11:05:30 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: old-ager

The responses did go off in the wrong direction, didn’t they?

The entire tone of this article was to ENCOURAGE ghetto/slum/illegal immigrant/criminal type behavior.

To be tolerant and accepting of lowlifes.

After all, it is far better for 12 illegals to be holed in in a house next to yours, than to call ICE, right?


54 posted on 11/20/2018 11:05:56 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: SJSAMPLE

Never call the police ever for anything ever.

Call the police only if you want someone arrested or shot including yourself.


55 posted on 11/20/2018 11:13:39 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: outofsalt

She’s lucky she didn’t try ... I always have Mr. Smith with me.


56 posted on 11/20/2018 11:19:56 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: SkyDancer
Had a NC trooper come into the hospital I was taken to with multiple fractures and give me a ticket for driving in NC over 30 days without getting a local license.

The old man I smashed into the side of after he turned in front of me was not cited, last I knew about it.

57 posted on 11/20/2018 11:20:37 AM PST by doorgunner69
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To: doorgunner69

Should have said was just visiting or something. Wouldn’t your insurance company have sued?


58 posted on 11/20/2018 11:21:50 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Borges
And..., Mafia Style Rules! Just have the "Community" pay up for their "Protection"!
59 posted on 11/20/2018 11:24:53 AM PST by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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To: Borges
Calling the police

This is easy, pass no law that requires police. Make murder legal, especially among gang bangers.

60 posted on 11/20/2018 11:36:00 AM PST by depressed in 06 (60 in '20.)
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