Why I, A Middle-Aged White Woman, No Longer Call the Police in America

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I’ve lived in America for over twenty years. In that time I have called the police only a few times (And I’m not counting calling the state troopers and asking them to please remove dangerous debris from the highway, which has happened twice).

As things stand, I may never call them again until and unless something is done.

I’m exactly the kind of person the cops will protect. Demographically, I’m exactly the kind of person who weaponizes the cops to support her own racism. I don’t know how old Amy Cooper is, but I’m betting we’re close in age as well as in skin color.

Which is exactly why I don’t call the police. For me to call them, it would have to be a situation where somebody’s life was in danger and I was absolutely okay with the perpetrator potentially dying.

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We Need to Get Rid of the Police we Have

Defund the police?

Disband the police.

Fire the lot of them and hire back the few good ones.