HeavenlyPossumMar 6

As an anarchist, I often hear questions about how, exactly, we would stay safe in a world full of rapists and murderers without the state’s protective monopoly over violence.

So I often have to remind people that not only does the state often decline to protect people facing harm…

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/05/queensland-police-kelly-wilkinson-turned-away-murder-inquest-ntwnfb#:~:text=Kelly%20Wilkinson%20was%20turned%20away,2021%2C%20an%20inquest%20has%20heard.

Police told Kelly Wilkinson to ‘cool off’ and give estranged husband ‘a break’ days before he burned her to death, inquest hears

Wilkinson was turned away by police while seeking help four days before she was murdered, Queensland coroner’s court told

The Guardian
Show threadPete's Mom 🍉 🇺🇦 ☮️Mar 6
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If we had a tracker on how many rapes & murders cops solve... is 1% for rapes too high?
Show threadAdrian Riskin 

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According to RAINN only 50 out of a thousand sexual assaults lead to an arrest.

https://rainn.org/facts-statistics-the-scope-of-the-problem/statistics-the-criminal-justice-system/

Mar 6 at 9:56pmWeb
Show threadCorvid CroneMar 6

@AdrianRiskin @Petesmom @HeavenlyPossum

Reported* sexual assaults

Show threadAdrian Riskin Mar 6
@CorvidCrone @Petesmom @HeavenlyPossum excellent point.