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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It really sounds like MPD doesn't want to lift a finger and do their jobs.

I think we might be getting at the root of the crime issue: criminals gonna crime if they know the cops won't do their job. [/quote]

I don’t blame them. People like you have just spent the last three years protesting cops and yelling about defunding them. Now that criminals have realized the cops are no longer interested in policing (because of you, if that’s not already clear) and they’re running rampant, NOW suddenly you want cops to be cops again? Yeah, no. File an insurance claim. 90% of DC residents voted for the political infrastructure that created this mess. Now you can suffer. You made your beds. Now sleep in them. 
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[b]When did MPD get defunded[/b]?

You're an anarchist. [/quote]

I’m really glad you asked that!

I’m sorry a simple google search is beyond your ability, but I can do it for you:

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/lawmakers-vote-to-cut-15-million-from-dc-police-departments-budget

As for being an anarchist…I’m the furthest thing from an anarchist. I’m a fascist. A real, actual fascist. Not one of those imaginary MAGA’s you like to call fascist, but a REAL fascist in the Heinleinian tradition.

And I’m also someone who likes to see people get what they ask for. And DC voters have asked for the crime wave they now have. I want them to soak in it.  [/quote]

That's not what was implemented.

Here's how it worked:
FY2020: MPD final budget was $559M, of which $41M was overtime monies not previously approved by the Council. So the Council had only approved an operating budget of $518M.

2020 actions for FY2021:
Bowser asks Council for $578M operating budget for MPD for FY2021
Judiciary committee cuts Bowser's proposal by $10M to $568M (the usual back and forth between Mayor and Council)
When Council goes to a final vote, it removes a $23M school security contract from MPD and gives it to 3rd party security vendors. Council approves operating budget of $545M for MPD. Is this "defunding"? Not really because MPD is literally doing less work.

In FY2021, the MPD blows past their approved budget by over $50M due to overtime. So the final FY2021 actually-spent budget is somewhere around $600M for MPD.

Sorry, but I don't see the "defunding" of MPD.   [/quote]

Of course you “don’t see it”. You don’t want to accept responsibility for it.

Our D tries the same BS with scuffing the bumper of the car because she hasn’t learned to navigate a parking garage yet. [/quote]

Sorry, but I don't think government workers - what cops actually are - should be dictating anything to elected officials or the public. They can quit their jobs if they hate their enormous overtime budget.

I'd love to know what the cops actually need to start doing their jobs again. Therapy? Ice cream social every Thursday? In-station 15-minute massages? When do they knock if off with their "hurt feelings" schtick?[/quote]

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