"If your girl says she’s just out with friends every night, you’d better slap one of these on her car."

I can’t imagine how this could go poorly. /s

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    providing services for their mental illnesses in the states.

    Statistics show that this would cost less money than engaging the unwell with police, but then how would we justify huge police budgets?

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      we could, I dunno, quantify which results in better outcomes over time: a jacked up roided police force responding to mental health problems by criminalizing the suffering, or, I guess, maybe… provide some mental health services?

      seems fraught with potential.

    • defuse959@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Man, what a quandary. Guess we just continue incarcerating the mentally unwell and arming the facists. Sounds like there’s no better option. Glad that’s sorted.