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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Demonizing and demoralizing police officers seems to be going extremely well . . .[/quote]

They were crap at solving crime before this.  I've been a victim of minor crime in DC, and the police were completely useless.  Once, in about 2015, I even had the cell phone of the guy who groped me in broad daylight, and I gave it to the cops, and they still couldn't find the guy.  It's not like the cops were doing an outstanding job at solving crime anywhere even before the BLM movement.  In 2017 and 2018, police in the US solved less than half of all violent crimes.  And if they are unwilling or unable to do their jobs unless they are showered with praise and allowed to beat people up with impunity, maybe they aren't such great public servants.  [/quote]

And yet strong arm police tactics have been shown to reduce crime in various cities. NYC was cleaned up by the police, stop and frisk was effective in reducing crimes before they happened. You have to actually give the police the tools they need to enforce the laws, while simultaneously making sure that any unnecessary violence/abuse by police officers is stopped and punished. The problem is that politicians have it easier to just to throw their hands up, act like they have no control, and provide no support to police nor new regulations to govern them. Defunding police is easy for local politicians because now they have more money to line their own dirty pockets.[/quote]

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