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   kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 20:51:04 JST kaia
   how it started vs how it's going:
   Seattle, formerly known for its "defund the police campaign" is now offering a $50,000 sign up bonus for new police officers.
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 20:52:25 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @kaia truly the solution to monopoly violence is more money
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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 20:57:55 JST kaia

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     • BassRck5000
     @BassRck5000 yeah, mostly trying to attract currently employed police officers from other counties / cities seeing no police officer wants to work in Seattle.
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     BassRck5000 (bassrck5000@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 20:57:56 JST BassRck5000

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     @kaia
     By "NEW", did you mean, disgraced or fired former police/military, from a different jurisdiction?

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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 20:59:05 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     • BassRck5000
     @kaia @BassRck5000 they just hate Microsoft that much
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     Oblomov (oblomov@sociale.network)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 21:01:29 JST Oblomov

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     @kaia
     Unrelated. The budget was never reduced, and Seattle has always had more budget for hiring than candidates.

     https://www.kuow.org/stories/did-seattle-defund-the-police

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     受不了包 (shibao@misskey.bubbletea.dev)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 21:36:03 JST 受不了包

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     • on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

     @lain@lain.com @kaia@brotka.st solution to monopoly violence is monopoly money

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