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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Andy Shallal reported revenues down at his stablishments significantly since the militarization of the city.[/quote]

Ironically, he was a vocal defund the police cheerleader.   Which basically got us into this current mess.   [/quote]

Except for 1) the only defunding of police has happened when the GOP refuses to vote for federal spending bills. There has not been any defunding of police in DC otehr than the GOP cutting the DC budget this spring so we can't spend our own money and 2) the whole "defund the police' manta was borne out of frustration over the police killing black people. Are you ok with police just killing people extrajudiciously?[/quote]

In reality, between 2015 and 2024, American police shot and killed about 180 unarmed black people (and 222 white people), according to a database from the Washington Post. Over the same period, close to 100,000 black people died of homicide.  But, let’s keep going with your plan.  [/quote]

+1. In 2020 the narrative was that black folks had to give their sons “the talk”. Meanwhile, in reality, the talk should have been about other black men.  [/quote]

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