Flint Town

[exploited]

I've watched some of this show now. It is heart wrenching and interesting and very well done.

They are quick to point out that there are 98 officers working in a city of 100k.

I haven't seen a whole lot of the show yet, but I was wondering if somebody could shed light on why the water and policing hasn't been subsidised by the federal or state government? I mean it seems simple to me that the feds or somebody could send in 50 officers at a fairly minimal expense, and have them help the department reform and retool. And the water issue kind of speaks for itself... When you have that many people it only makes sense to address the most important requirement of human life. Plus the known impacts of lead poisoning on aggressive and violent behaviour are pretty significant.

Shit, I wouldn't even mind sending over some Mounties or something to help out. Crazy to see that reality in the first world, and so close by. The only thing I can compare it to is how we treat our indigenous population here, although the scope of the crisis is much less.

[John Galt]

[Spider]

Shutup, Galt. America is a third world country. It's important to a lot of people.

[Kane]

That number of cops and the population isn’t all that bad...it’s the total economic collapse of the area that’s the problem. Antioch, CA has 103 sworn officers and 35 non-sworn with a pop of 100,000 and a similar city size by square mile. Antioch just has more money (to note - it’s still kinda ghetto and downtown in the winter has just looked sad in the past with empty store fronts everywhere but it’s nowhere near as bad as Flint).

[Kane]

I thought the show was very well done. But note that at the end of the show the city has the money for 2017 to give the police department help (more officers) after a millage vote passed...and the f**k city council pulls the money from the police department and actually puts it back where it was in 2016 funding wise.

Seriously dumb.

[exploited]

Well, I hope it is being addressed in a serious way.

It is getting ridiculous how willing people are to not care about how other people live. BC is having like 2000 fentanyl overdoses a year, Northern Ontario has a bunch of reserves without water, and the Prairies have a real problem with murdered Natives and rural poverty.

Honestly was just shocking to realize the extent of violence there. It is at Winnipeg levels, but Winnipeg has seven times the population. It is hard for a country the size of the US to take care of every little thing but man, this show is seriously an eye opener. Western civ better get our shit together soon.

[Kane]

[fstarcstar]

[Spider]

You really wanna do a breakdown of red states and blue states, fstar? You realize the entire cesspit of the south is basically bathed in the blood of innocents, right?

[fstarcstar]