Willingness to look stupid

Re:Willingness to look stupid by hunterb123 on Friday October 22, 2021 @01:19AM (#28953968)

December 2020, the Minneapolis city council voted to defund the police department $8 million for the 2021 budget. [1]

February 2021, the Minneapolis city council voted to add $6.4 million to the police budget. [2]

The budget for 2020 was never in question, the riots and defund police movement started in the summer of 2020.

City policies were being discussed late in the year, concerning the 2021 budget.

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Re:Willingness to look stupid by philosopher1234 on Friday October 22, 2021 @02:43PM (#28960932)

How precisely did the supposed defunding lead to an increase in crime?

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Re:Willingness to look stupid by hunterb123 on Friday October 22, 2021 @03:27PM (#28961520)

The same way defunding a fire department will lead to an increase in fire damage.

Less resources means slower response times or no response at all.

That wasn't the premise though, the question was whether they defunded and then later refunded when crime was rising.

Above I showed GP that Minneapolis did in fact do this, as did many other cities.

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