TheRealBobHall t1_j6dwok9 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 5:42 PM

Reply to comment by harriedhag in Crowds march through downtown Boston to protest police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis by jojenns

Even on Saturday afternoon you could tell that BPD was gearing up for something big. They had metal barricades on almost every corner waiting to be deployed, and I saw a couple vans full of cops sitting around on side streets, plus cruisers everywhere. Makes you wonder how much overtime they charged sitting around waiting for something to happen…

harriedhag t1_j6e59uu wrote on January 29, 2023 at 6:37 PM

Well that’s exactly it. They seem so far removed from the pulse that they had no idea people weren’t riled up. They really don’t understand.

[deleted] t1_j6jbfwj wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:08 PM

It amazes me how the police can operate well in preventing violence to our economic infrastructures and yet police can’t seem to grasp preventative interventions for people-vs-people violence.

Then again, prepping for the most violent situations is how police end up killing people so I guess this is more of the same…

tilehinge t1_j6lk9be wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:27 AM

>police can operate well in preventing violence to our economic infrastructures and yet police can’t seem to grasp preventative interventions for people-vs-people violence.

Because that's their only real function: keep private property safe, directly proportional to how expensive it is. They guard money. Humans, they're apathetic to at best, if not outright antagonistic.

[deleted] t1_j6nqtqk wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:10 PM

Ehhh police guard the law and the law isn't about justice, it's about criminality and "legal rights" which are rules that keep the rich, rich. So yeah! I actually would agree in an intersectional way.

jojenns OP t1_j6dy6tj wrote on January 29, 2023 at 5:52 PM

These things cost a fortune in OT not even just Boston either we call in police from neighboring cities and pay their OT too