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silverwizard 3 weeks ago friendica

Imagine spending money on this when you could be spending money on anything else.

2021-03-29 20:00:11

Waterloo regional police have launched a new community cruiser design focused on diversity. kitchener.ctvnews.ca/police-launch-…

Police launch diversity-focused community cruiser design
Waterloo regional police have launched a new community cruiser design focused on diversity.
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Daniel LeDuke 3 weeks ago Twitter

@HippyWizard Actual change is hard but paint jobs are easy. The point isn't to actually make communities more inclusive but to have something to point at and say "nuh uh, we're totally diverse!"

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silverwizard 3 weeks ago friendica (via Twitter)

@Terranon1 Yeah, exactly. Instead of fixing a police force that does violence to our community, we paint a fuckin' van. I'm so angry

@Daniel LeDuke

Daniel LeDuke 3 weeks ago Twitter

@HippyWizard But wait, there's more! This story came out on the same day that the Mississauga cops cleared 3 of their own of wrongdoing when they murdered a mentally I'll black man.

SIU clears three Peel officers in death of Mississauga man with mental illness who was tasered

The report says the officers pulled their taser triggers a total of 12 times, but none resulted in ‘a sustained connection with the optimal charge’

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silverwizard 3 weeks ago friendica (via Twitter)

@Terranon1 Holy fuck, horrible

@Daniel LeDuke

Daniel LeDuke 3 weeks ago Twitter

@HippyWizard Yep. Also the same day the trial started in the states for the cops who killed George Floyd.

Good thing we have the #diversitymobile whose mystical paint job will end police brutality forever.

#diversitymobile @Silverwizard

Jonathan Lamothe 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

So, instead of addressing issues of systemic racism head-on, they've opted to change the paint job on their cruisers?

silverwizard 3 weeks ago friendica

*exactly*