As much as I want to say "lmao women", male cops are just as likely to watch you get stabbed in the next subway car. Police have no duty to protect you, they're glorified bureaucrats with guns waiting for their pension to vest.
I've always supported getting rid of cops. City officials do not need their own branch of law enforcement, we have sheriff's if you need more law enforcement hire more deputies. Defund the police and give it to the sheriff's office.
What we would consider "modern" police departments didn't exist until the late 1800s.
For example, Teddy Roosevelt professionalized the NYPD as police commissioner from 1895-97. He put phones in all police stations, established physical standards, and armed them all with pistols. I have to believe he would be disappointed if he could see what his efforts morphed into through the 20th century to today.
All this to say that, while we see how cops are and what they do as a fact of life, this is not how it historically worked and it's not what the founding fathers would have intended.
As much as I want to say "lmao women", male cops are just as likely to watch you get stabbed in the next subway car. Police have no duty to protect you, they're glorified bureaucrats with guns waiting for their pension to vest.
I've always supported getting rid of cops. City officials do not need their own branch of law enforcement, we have sheriff's if you need more law enforcement hire more deputies. Defund the police and give it to the sheriff's office.
What we would consider "modern" police departments didn't exist until the late 1800s.
For example, Teddy Roosevelt professionalized the NYPD as police commissioner from 1895-97. He put phones in all police stations, established physical standards, and armed them all with pistols. I have to believe he would be disappointed if he could see what his efforts morphed into through the 20th century to today.
All this to say that, while we see how cops are and what they do as a fact of life, this is not how it historically worked and it's not what the founding fathers would have intended.