goldkam
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Firstly, it is important not to turn budget cuts into some foreign and unexpected occurrence that has never happened before. It happens and should be scrutinized.Money taken away from police department operating budgets and reallocated to other city departments means they don't have the resources they need for policing.
But it's more than just police department budgets shrinking.
Each situation should be judged on an individual basis. Blanket statements like reallocating budgets is bad, is alarmist and inflammatory rhetoric.
Do you support Trump defunding the military for the border wall? I am interested to see if you have a one sided view on 'defunding'.When police pull back, minority neighborhoods beg for them to come back. At one time is was isolated, as in the case of Ferguson. What we are seeing now is city wide pull back, so many multiple neighborhoods impacted the same way.Ferguson effect - Wikipedia
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Sending me a link to a theory is hardly any sort of adequate research, fact, or evidence that backs up your point. What you are using is regurgitated statements from media, politicians and assumptions to make your point. IT HAS NO MERIT.
Have you got any evidence to show that minority neighbourhoods disagree with these type of policies? Other than a Wikipedia article.
What is also clear is far to many people in the US are scared of having a conversation about police funding because some conservatives have turned this into alarmist and inflammatory rhetoric whereby people actually believe in this false narrative.Go have fun living in those cities then. Don't bring such public policies to my city.
I am still unsure why you would not support proactive strategies (ie. mental health support to help prevent crime)?
This doesn't prove your point at all. It just proves that there are "reports" council members are withdrawing their support of a particular policy.Some Minneapolis city council members would like a redo on defunding the police: reportConfusion abounds in the city council as the path to reallocating police funds is not as unilateral as assumed.By Alexandra Kelley | Sept. 28, 2020Some Minneapolis city council members would like a redo on defunding the police: report
Confusion abounds in the city council as the path to reallocating police funds is not as unilateral as assumed.thehill.com
I find it amazing how your manipulate truths to make your point.And also:
So much for defund the police! Minneapolis to spend $6.4M recruiting MORE officers following sharp rise in crime and up to 200 cops quitting after George Floyd riots and $8m budget cuts
- Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously on Friday to approve $6.4million in additional funding that the police department requested
- According to the Minneapolis Police Department, there are only 638 officers available to work, which is roughly 200 fewer than usual
- An unprecedented number of officers quit or went on extended medical leave after the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and the unrest that followed
- Funding was approved despite some City Council members and activist groups advocating to replace the police department following Floyd's death
Minneapolis to spend $6.4M to recruit more police officers
Minneapolis is planning to spend $6.4million to hire dozens of police officers, after up to 200 cops quit following the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd and the unrest that followed.www.dailymail.co.ukOnce the police are gone, they are quickly demanded back.
Lets make this very clear the officers left not because the police department was defunded but because of the issues surrounding George Floyd.
This is really frustrating because your points are so invalid and you have no evidence to support them.