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Originally Posted by Bill14564
What does the word "defund" mean in your world? According to Merriam-Webster it means "to withdraw funding from." So either the police will do more with less or they will do less with less which sounds a lot like eliminating or cutting back.
Please note that this "Libertarian publication partially subsidized buy(sic) Charles Koch" cited a recently published study that supports its position. Can you cite a study that supports your position? |
Good post.
I'm no big believer in "post hoc, ergo propter hoc", but I was there when "The Minneapolis effect" was taking place. The push was to take funding earmarked for the police and give it to SOCIAL WORKERS, who would then accompany police to various crime or potential crime scenes and work their supposed magic to somehow talk the bad guy down, thus either minimizing damage done at the crime scene or possibly even prevent the crime from happening. Some talk at the time about even having social workers respond alone. Fine in theory, but the two groups who got the biggest laugh out of this were cops and social workers, for what I think are more-than-obvious reasons.
Thankfully, it didn't pass. Cooler heads prevailed. But the fact that it was even seriously considered says far too much about the mentality behind it.