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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by closeparen on Thursday June 04, 2020 @05:37PM (#23422178)
When you mentioned retaliation, I assumed the police would be roughing people up or harassing them over trivial offences or something. (Classic TV examples: going wild on parking or DUI enforcement at a targeted politician's fundraisers).

But this is a work slowdown.

"We should have less policing."

"Okay, here's less policing."

Isn't it the point of "defund the police" that fewer incidents get a police response?

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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by jjeaff on Thursday June 04, 2020 @11:53PM (#23424929)
I have seen examples where the police union was able to turn off the 911 service and simply give a phone message that said something to the effect of, "we wish we could help you, but your city council has denied us funding".
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