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Jul 06, 2020
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Thirty years ago in the town of Eugene, Oregon, a group of super-liberal hippies came to the conclusion, which the rest of the country is just now coming to, that police are not equipped to deal with most of the calls they receive.

Only 4 percent of incidents police are dispatched to are actual violent crimes, meaning that the remaining 96 percent includ…

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