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What happened to efforts to ‘defund the police’ in Minneapolis and elsewhere? (www.nytimes.com)

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The movement faltered after activists failed to build broad support for a goal that lacked a clear definition. When crime surged, Republicans seized on it as evidence that Democrats were being recklessly soft on crime.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

also, iirc, alexandria va has a program where they send social workers out to dv calls with police. and so far it has resulted in less dv calls from those residents. we need more programs like that before we cut police funding.