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Anonymous wrote:I don't think you can b/cause #defund the police...

At least Google what it actually means before you try to sound clever. I swear it’s like you people are proud to embrace and admit ignorance.

Enough with the gaslighting. Here’s what NYTimes chooses to publish on the matter

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html

Anonymous wrote:Call your DC police commander. It worked in our neighborhood in NE.

OP here- thank you! Will try that too. Emailed the Mayor's office, McDuffie and his constituent services staffer...no response. Thinking a petition and Twitter campaign next. Gun violence is a problem in all wards and the city needs to do more to address the causes and prevent more incidents. People should not get killed for action to be taken like the 7 year old girl who was innocently playing in her neighborhood at the Rosedale Rec Center and was killed by a stray bullet.

I do believe that we need a combination of restorative justice, mental health, educational support, economic support, job training and law enforcement presence to combat gun violence. I was glad to see that 1 DC program focused on juvenile youth criminals does provide cognitive behavorial therapy and was funded by a grant for $500,000. This website lets you search by jurisdiction. https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/awards/2020-zb-bx-0004

At the same time, I was super frustrated to see that the Mayor's new 2021 anti-gun violence initiative, Building Blocks DC, only provides up to $5000 in a grant to community-based programs...you can't really do impactful worth with youth with such little resources-https://progressivelifecenter.org/nofa/

Here is the contact information for those who work with youth and also are concerned about the rise of gun violence in the city.

Staff and Contact:
Linda Harllee-Harper, Director of Gun Violence Prevention
Building Blocks DC
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 533
Washington, DC 20004
buildingblocks@dc.gov

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Anonymous wrote:Police do not deter crime.

Having better neighbors does. Find yourself some decent people to live around and you’ll be okay.

Defund the police.

Is "defund the police" now equal to "move to a rich area"? Because I wouldn't be surprised if it did.

Side note: The left needs to stop slogans where they say a thing and then say "but that is not in fact what we mean."

Right?! Don't push a slogan like "Defund the Police" and then get mad when people think you literally want less police... which yes, that was the goal, correct? I know, fund other programs etc., but not paying for as many patrol officers is definitely part of the plan.

You idiots know no one actually defunded the police. At all.

Nah, they all quit on their own.