I agree. You seem to think that the police function should be re-examined and adjusted and you seem to be OK using the short hand of "defund the police" to communicate that. Unfortunately there are other folks who think that "defund the police" really does mean to zero out the budget of the police and there are all sorts of positions in between those two.
So I would assert that as a means to communicate clearly, "defund the police" fails miserably. It is terrible rhetoric that just sows confusion and promotes division.
Straw man [1]. The Coast Guard would be expected to deter, ticket and, in the most extreme circumstances, disable craft.
MMH is not vented on landing. When it’s released, it’s because of a mistake. That’s why the approaching crew take the precautions they do, and don a gas mask when toying with the craft.
Nothing bad happened to these boaters. But they were downwind from a substance which, had it leaked, would have put every one of them in the hospital and taken decades off their lives.
Even though you're flip-flopping (in the same paragraph) about whether there was a dangerous condition, you do seem to concede that shooting people is not the way to rescue them. So, you're ahead of most USA national security experts.
Hanging out a bit longer meant staying inside the capsule longer instead of seeing a doctor sooner to avoid exposing themselves and more of the crew to those fumes. They were at 2.5ppm if I recall the radio chatter correctly.