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

Posted on 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

I never call the police and I’m not a progressive. I don’t anticipate I ever will.



To: Borges

I have never called the police, I am a firm believer in Property owner rights and that Wolves, Coyotes, Buzzards and Crows have to eat too.



by 3 posted onby The_Republic_Of_Maine (Demon-Rats beware your time is coming on Nov. 6th.)

To: Borges

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.



Thereby assuring some sort of confrontation with the police will occur.







To: Borges

I was about to say, after reading number 1, this is an open invitation to steal from progressives, but then I remembered progressives probably have nothing to defend (except their stash). Then I got to the part about them defending corporate private property and I had to laugh at the idea of a progressive owning or being in charge of corporate private property. lol



To: Borges

Don’t forget: 13. Shoot your dog.

14. Roll a dice on shooting yourself. 1 or 2 you lose.

15. Take your meth to the police station to be tested.



To: Borges

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. I called the cops on a noisy party a few years ago. I later found out a murder had been committed there earlier that night. Yes, blacks. If I had showed up there and started complaining, I might have been killed.



by 7 posted onby mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))

To: Borges

There’s an old saying, “Never invite THE MAN into your life.” It’s never been truer.



To: Mariner

I never call the police and Im not a progressive. I dont anticipate I ever will.

This is my take as well.

This is my take as well.

To: Borges

The easiest solution to the problem is disband all police, ICE, and military. Problem solved. Does that make me a hero to PLOT? :-) /*Satire



To: SJSAMPLE

Looks like something out of “Steal This Book.”



by 11 posted onby EQAndyBuzz ("We The People" has turned into "You, The Subjects.")

To: Mariner

I did have to call the police once. My estranged (soon to be ex) wife would not leave my house after dropping off one of my kids for visitation. Since she was being belligerent and would not leave - and I couldn’t shoot her - I had no choice but to call the police. So, in essence, since the government would not let me take care of it myself and my daughter would have seen where I buried her, I had no choice but to call the police.



To: ProudFossil

The easiest solution to the problem is disband all police, ICE, and military. Problem solved.



You don't think that's where this is going?







To: cuban leaf

“So, in essence, since the government would not let me take care of it myself and my daughter would have seen where I buried her, I had no choice but to call the police.” Yeah, I would under that specific circumstance.



To: Borges

None of this applies to reacting to those who exhibit conservative or republican tendencies, and most especially, DO call the police if anyone wants a law-abiding firearms owner murdered. Hello, Maryland.



To: Mariner



"...I never call the police and Im not a Progressive..."

Same here. Voluntarily involving the police in a neighborhood concern very rarely improves a situation.

The most important aspect to remember is the police are not your pals.



Do not invite them into your house/condo/apartment for ANY discussion, regardless of weather.

Chat with them outside should they be summoned for whatever reason.





To: Borges

On #4: Saw a cop give a ticket to a driver while the driver was in the parking lot ready to drive into a windshield replacement bay because his windshield was cracked in the drivers vision making it unsafe.



by 17 posted onby SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)

To: Borges

“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” Yeah,sure,I’m going to walk up to someone hinky and start a conversation That said,I wouldn’t call the cops either——I would walk away. .



To: ProudFossil

The part they leave out is that private security details are ok for some but not others.



by 19 posted onby setha (Reductio Ad Vexationes (Harassment Fallacy) - a staple of the left.)

To: Borges

Also: That saying See Something, Say Something goes further one more step. Get Sued.



by 20 posted onby SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)

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