Fascinating, thank you! 

As a non American I believe there are a few things to consider concerning policing.

Judging by the Time piece from the city council member, it’ll probably be some combination of a detective force, a SWAT team, and a couple different unarmed community response patrol folks designed to respond to different levels of needs. If you call 911, they’ll ask you if the suspect appears to be carrying a gun or…

One of the problems with the MNPLS FPD is that the union contract is so strong that it’s virtually impossible to fire an abusive police officer. St. Paul, which has a contract with a different police union, has far fewer problems with violently abusive police. Disbanding may be a mechanism to re-negotiate the contract…

As always, the devil is in the details. Completely restructuring public safety for a city of over 400k people is going to be a huge task and it ain’t like racism is just going to evaporate because of this. Here’s hoping they have a lot of very smart people working on this.

They’re already posting shit on facebook saying “Give these people what they think they want. Serves em right if someone robs/murders them after these protests.”

There is more to policy making than acting out slogans. Demilitarize the police, yes. De-arm the police, yes. Reconstruct policing as community service, yes. But pushing disbandment without a plan is insane. There has to be a replacement l. If the plan is to replace with community volunteers, they need large education…

Agreed. All communities should come together and discuss alternatives.

My family is going to be insufferable over this. They’re already posting shit on facebook saying “Give these people what they think they want. Serves em right if someone robs/murders them after these protests.”

Fuck yes! Now let's make this a nationwide priority for every local and state government!

I’d like to dedicate that song to Donald Trump this November.

I love this lady.  “Get this dance...”   Beautiful.

Elmo is a better dancer than my husband.
Notice I did not say better than meeeeeee

Thank you for providing a SNS topic that is current and provides an educational note of poignant sweetness. Not that the children need it as much as the adults in this country.

Somehow coronavirus has been less stressful than this fucking week.

As someone who has a tiny human, Yes that’s actually Elmo’s dad and he’s not a main character but does make occasional appearances 

Good evening all! My girls had a predator attack 2 weeks ago. A raccoon ate their little chicken toes through the wire. They have healed and are all doing well. This girl was the worst and lost all of her toes. My kids have renamed her Bethany Hamilton our little chicken”Soul Surfer”. She gets around just fine in her…

I truly hope that this finds everyone well tonight. Our quiet little town today held a peaceful protest on the bridge going over to the island. While it made me quite proud to see so many folks standing in solidarity out there, it also made me disappointed by community members who can’t understand why it was organized…

It’s been a long time I’ve watched Sesame Street. I thought that was Telly. Does Elmo’s father regularly appear, or is this a new development?