Government has one job: to protect its citizens. Local, state, and federally, that’s their one duty.
But they’re failing to do that, whether through gross incompetence, mismanagement, or blatant disregard.
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So this thread should be a wake up call to us all about how government 1) won’t protect us and 2) needs to be fundamentally changed.
We are glad you’re okay.
But this is so scary.
We pay a not insignificant amount of taxes for public services like 911 operators and police. You should always get through to 911. Always.
Full disclosure: back in 2007, this writer’s apartment was broken into and her car was stolen. She sat outside in the cold October weather for hours waiting for Milwaukee police to show up.
Nothing ever came of their investigation, except they did locate her car (with a dead battery).
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It’s a violation of the sanctity of your home.
This writer never felt safe in that apartment, and we moved in 2008.
It’s a failure at every level.
This has to be political, because politicians make the decisions — decisions about public mental health treatment, decisions about police budgets (hello, ‘defund the police’), decisions about what laws will/won’t be enforced.
They are choosing not to prioritize the things that keep communities safe and keep people — whether mentally unwell or violent criminals — off the streets and out of our homes.
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And every blue city controlled by Democrats.
Like we said: priorities.
They’re all wrong.
We’d love to know how things got this bad.
This is the solution.
It doesn’t have to be this way.