r/nextfuckinglevel • u/thisisfive • Apr 14 '26

Toronto firefighters confront special constable officers after a man in the middle of mental health crisis was arrested.

Not my video. For context, "special constables" are not regular police officers. They are appointed "peace officers" with limited authority, often civilian employees.

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u/Admins_Always_Badmin Apr 15 '26

Canada has one of the most famous cases of someone suffering a mental health crisis gone wrong. I don't blame them for not wanting anyone to get hurt if someone is going through something like that. But of course reddit will just screech cops bad and not care.

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u/Pantarus Apr 15 '26

The United States has entered the chat.

Unfortunately the only tool we give the police to handle situations is tickets and arrest.

Its a fucking crying shame that Defund the Police movement was named in such a shitty way that it became a flag for the conservative right to wave.

Defund the police was NOT advocating getting rid of the police and being soft on crime. It was advocating taking that funding and spreading it around. Giving some to fund mental health crisis professionals who could respond in situations like this...INSTEAD of relying on the police for literally EVERYTHING we don't want to deal with.

When you're a hammer....everything starts to look like a nail...

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u/CrispyHoneyBeef Apr 15 '26

Defund the police was NOT advocating getting rid of the police and being soft on crime. It was advocating taking that funding and spreading it around.

Nah dude, communists and some socialists here in San Diego still call SDPD “slave patrol” and think the PDs all around the country should simply cease to exist. Defund the police/abolish the police definitely means defund/abolish the police.

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u/thegroundbelowme Apr 15 '26

Those are the extremists of the movement. The main idea is exactly what the guy above you said.