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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with her on some issues, but can't get pass her views on homeless encampments and abolishing the police.  I'm sticking with the devil I know.[/quote]

I went looking for “abolish the police” on her website but couldn’t find anything. Can you share a citation?[/quote]

It's part of her stump speech and was also in the Washington Post election guide that was published on Sunday. More violence interrupters and less police.  I'm not sure she has said abolish, but she is definitely 100% de-fund.  
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Ummm. No. She is not. She has essentially the same position as everyone else running. Fund better. More mental health supports. More transparency. [/quote]

That's just not true.  All of the left-wing abolish DC police folks support Palmer 100%.  She wants less police...that is a fact.[/quote]

Less police does not equal abolish police. It means…less police. Stop making shit up.[/quote]

And why do we want to give the police more duties?  They aren't very good as social workers, mental health professionals, etc.[/quote]

No one is suggesting that the police take on these responsibilities. The idea is to fund social workers and mental health professionals to handle situations that currently default to police. [/quote]

The people who want to fund police and not social workers, mental health professionals, etc. are de facto pushing exactly that.  They've put us in this situation where police are responding to mental health issues.  Police are addressing homelessness.  And they suck at it.[/quote]

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