Presence of officers can increase distress, according to a study in which people with lived experience suggest they could be talked down

  • O_i@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I live in Canada and there’s definitely been talks of social workers filling that roll (I feel I should mention - most likely highly trained) or being accompanied by police for protection and general crowd control if needed. Cops are thugs, we should be sending them after fellow thugs, that’s the most I’ll move out of my ACAB stance