this really hinges on what you mean by "police". is it a police force that's armed to the teeth and can kill citizens at the drop of a hat? then no, we don't need another version like that.
Would you then be happy with Antifa providing a paramilitary type solution, with their military organisation i.e. battalion structures and military named positions. In mostly black communities, the new Black Panthers or BLM? Or a mixture of them and Antifa. What about in hispanic districts, do they get their own alternatives, ad infinitum.
What about the current police are they going to be sacked and made pariahs of polite society?
If police are to be effectively defunded and neutered, will places like Chicago, 31 people shot last week, be left to their own devices, or will one the alternatives step in? How will they be armed, or will they not?
yes guns and gun violence are a major problem with things. but its not the only thing. this is a dogshit country run by dogshit people who create dogshit rules and laws that brutalizes its citizens. simply taking guns off of the street is not going to fix that.
You can add drugs, to the gun and violence equation.
some videos of the protests in london and police there beating protestors. the filth on horseback dont carry guns and the citizens dont have guns, so what could it possibly be that could cause such an outbreak of violence I wonder?
I saw the bikes being thrown at the police horses at the PC being knocked unconscious lying on the floor as the projectiles rained on the police.
The situation in the UK and in France whilst there are the usual suspects stoking-up tension for the cultural revolution and insurrection, many are criminal gangs attempting to mark out their turf as no-go zones for the authorities and police. As you may know, in parts of France and Germany now, fireman and even medics can't go into these special zones without armed police protection. This is just another tactic to maintain the gang culture and control of the banlieues and their equivalents elsewhere on the continent.