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Charles Barkley Slams ‘Defund the Police’ Movement: ‘Who are Black People Supposed to Call? Ghostbusters?’


https://www.thewrap.com/charles-barkley-slams-defund-the-police-movement-who-are-black-people-supposed-to-call-ghostbusters/

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black people always resist arrest and get shot yet act like its not there fault cuz of racism and shieeeet

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You're a clown.

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You're a BL Mc' lown.

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Good one!

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it's a trait not found in any other race except for white trash

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I’m confused on what happens if there is no police. Couldn’t you just kill people and rob stores because there is no one to stop you?

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You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Defund and abolish are two totally different things. Why are police dealing with issues they aren't qualified to handle? Mental health professionals and social workers should be dealing with a lot the calls police get called to.

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Actually, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Do you know any social workers? What is a social worker gonna do with a violent criminal violating a restraining order?

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Wow, as expected you deploy a straw man argument. Please provide the quote when I advocated sending a social worker to enforce a restraining order. I'll wait. You're really bad at this.

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You can not read your own writing. The post I responded to says “Mental health professionals and social workers”. You forgot to delete it before making your snide response, so it is there for everyone to see. Jacob Blake was a violent criminal violating a restraining order. George Floyd has an extensive history of violence. The whole defund the police movement is based on cases where a police response was needed. (Since you have declared your preference of straw man arguments, I will point out that the need for a police response did not justify kneeling ones someone’s neck, which should never have happened.)

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Once again, WHERE DID I SAY MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND SOCIAL WORKERS should be responding to violent calls? You asked if I knew social workers and what would they do in response to violent calls. Why would I delete the post that objectively shows I never advocated for those professions to handle calls they are ill-equipped to handle? So I guess Elijah McClain necessitated an armed police response? 911 operators need better training and ask callers what illegal activity is occurring. "Suspicious" is too subjective and routinely abused as a motive for police to make contact. No response or contact of any kind was needed that night.

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You know you’re blowing hot air. When you are threatened or in danger, you will be calling the police just like all the other hypocrites.

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More deflection.

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Also I'm a strong believer in the 2nd Amendment and own 4 firearms: An AR 15, Ruger P345, Ruger LCP 380, and a Kel-Tec P32.

More likely than not if you're calling the police when you're in imminent danger you've already lost.

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I’ve seen many people including Colin Kaepernick say abolish the police.

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And your point? Is English your second language? Abolish is NOT synonymous with defund. You must believe in alternative facts.

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Exactly buddy, some people are saying abolish the police which is different from defund.

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If police are DEFUNDED there is NO police. TRYING(and failing, miserably ) to split hairs and make a point that doesn't exists is hilarious. Keep doing it.

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Defund does not mean no police.
It means to take some of the over bloated police funding and use it in other areas that are lacking.
Perhaps things that would help with crime prevention. Because, really, cops rarely prevent crime, they mostly come after the fact.

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These ignorant clowns just dismiss reasoned arguments such as yours. All they can do is deflect and misrepresent.

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de·fund
/dēˈfənd/

prevent from continuing to receive funds.

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Actually, social workers cant do much about most police calls. Some people think that dealing with the chemically impaired or domestic disputes should be handled by social workers and not the police, but the fact is, domestic disputes and drunks can and do turn violent, and any social worker who went to those calls without a police escort would be in real danger.

Of course I'd be happy to see a social worker added to every police patrol, because they can help in ways that the police cant, but that would take more funding and not less.

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These people can't address complex problems without coming up with an argument a 4th grader would think of.
"What if there's no Santa Claus? How would kids get presents?"
Hey, police are corrupt and poorly trained. Lets give them MORE money. That'll solve the problem. Let's loosen laws that protect citizens, let's give them bigger guns and let them club heads whenever they want. That's effective policing, right?

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Agreed.

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No. There are places in the world that do not have police, like Yemen, rural Afghanistan or areas of Venezuela where the government has collapsed. They end up ruled by clans or self-appointed warlords.
Wow they have no official title, they arm themselves and take it upon themselves to patrol. sort of what was happening in CHAZ/CHOP.

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Yep, of course the black folks pushing for this don't seem to realize that they are out numbered and out gunned so if it comes down to a race war the blacks won't last long. Especially since they haven't just alienated white folks, but most every other racial group also has tired of hearing them whine and rob everything in site nightly during these riots.

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Actually black people are not starting a race war, they are trying to end one that they have been forced into for four hundred years.
This isnt black vs white.
This is racists vs everyone else.
The only white folk alienated from them are the racist ones.

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They have been forced into shit. They have been as free as any other group of people in the US for generations and yet they can't do anything beyond live on welfare and steal stereos as a form of protest of the police.

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Ok Klan *eye roll*

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like every other leftist you leave us with such an eloquent summary of the total collective thought process

"you don't think like me, therefore you are racist"

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Don't be silly. Saying racist crap makes you racist.....don't act like you can't read the comments.....

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The Klan would never accept me I'm not white ya liberal idiot.

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latinos loathe blacks,
it's like any credence to racial inequality in the USA is stolen & rammed down our throats by blacks so there's nothing left for any other marginalized minority

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Is it really so bad what he said?

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getting rid of the police is not realistic.

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It's an absurd idea.

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Ever heard of a straw man argument? You're engaging in one.

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Where I live no one wants to defund the police.

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But "reform the police" doesn't play well with the knuckle draggers. They need red meat to sink their teeth into. It's either support the same good ol' boy system in policing all over the country, or it's abolish the police. No education, no progress.

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Is that the one that goes like this:

With the thoughts I'd be thinkin', I could be another Lincoln. If I only had a brain.

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Not at all....of course there is a online lynch mob that decides there is only one approved opinion to have and they maul anyone who states an opinion that differs from the acceptable, propaganda line of the day.
All police bad, all police racist, get rid of police, BLM good....that is the acceptable opinion. If you disagree....everyone sick em' and try and get them cancelled.

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Ignorance abound on this thread. Police are ill equipped to handle a lot of the calls they get such as mental health calls, homeless, etc. They tend to be hammers and thus all issues are nails.

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YEAH...FUCK EM...DEFUND THOSE ILL EQUIPPED BASTARDS....YOURE AN IDIOT.

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Georeg Floyd wasn't mental just an ex-con breaking laws again and trying to avoid going to prison again... Taylor was just some ho hooking up with drug dealers and then getting caught in the shootout... So none of the current poster boys for bad police fall into the mental health calls... but I do understand what you are talking about with the mental health calls, and you are right the police aren't the best people to handle that shit. Of course the reality is also if you have a mentally fucked up kid that you can't control by yourself maybe you should have the little tard locked up in a mental hospital where they deal with these types all the time? But no, the parents don't want to do what is right because it would mean admitting to the world that their little "special" kid is really just a violent tard that needs to be locked up. So in those instances I don't blame the police I blame the parents for not putting the kid where he belonged.

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Barkley has always talked about blacks being responsible for their own behavior and will always be ignored for that. He has always been a guy who considers hard work and personal commitment the road to success, not being a crybaby like Kaepernick..

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Barkley achieved a great deal of success in his life and being responsible and working hard are likely how he did so well. I'm glad he's preaching.

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when he was a kid, he'd spend hours jumping up onto a fence from a stand still, to improve his athleticism

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The typical black kid today spends their time tearing down fences to improve their rioting skills.

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tru dat

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SIR CHARLES MAY BE A ODD MAN,BUT HE IS 100% CORRECT ON THIS.

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I agree with him. Police reform is needed, but defunding the police wouldn't help matters.

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Barkley is totally correct. Next time there's some thug or mental case on the street waving a gun or knife around, try calling social workers. Yeah, that'll be better. Serve you right if you protest or vote to get rid of or cut back on police.

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Apparently the crappy system we have now can't be made any better. No improvements necessary, just let 'em shoot and choke and pick out the people they despise more while our government lets wealthy folks get wealthier and pours $$ in to the military. Average citizens are left to random good fortune. You think everyone who is honest and works hard gets rewarded?
No inequalities, no inherent bias, no personal demons? If you are brilliant and lucky, you'll be a winner ! If you are born into a shitty life in the US (richest country on the planet), good luck anyone caring.

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