The knee-jerk reaction against policing will cause more harm than good, all in the name of some nebulous "long term" outcome that is borderline undefinable.

Some knee-jerk reactions that we're seeing or considering"

1. Banning facial recognition.

2. Banning predictive policing (this article).

3. Defunding police departments

4. California's ACA5 amendment that seeks to remove anti-discrimination laws, allowing racial and gender discrimination.