RDN's Lucifer (nerthos)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Jul-16 21:28:21 UTC
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@taknamay @maiyannah Actually neighbohood watches are a great thing, but they can't be equipped above the police. Taking turns to have two neighbors per night making rounds like a private security firm would, armed with say, a 9mm gun? that would be nice, it's enough to stop robberies, rapes, and the like, but two guys with pistols can't fight a police strike team. Now, this only works in communities where it's people vs criminals, it doesn't work in places like the areas of USA where as mentioned the black population is openly hostile to the police. That'd only devolve in stockpiling of weapons and a civil, racial fueled war. If there's racial tension (specially to such an stupid degree, with endless scapegoating and blame throwing as an escape from actually solving anything and integrating populations) it won't be good. If the situation is simply a lack of security due to the police being understaffed, underequiped, or incompetent like where I live it's a great idea.
