Is the Defund the Police (or Abolish the Police) movement now dead? If not, it suffered a nearly mortal blow this week, with 57 percent of Minneapolis voters rejecting Question 2’s call to abolish police in favor of a new Department of Public Safety that would be more focused on providing social services. Rising violent crimes rates in America’s big cities, including Minneapolis, have deflated momentum for abolishing the police.
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Comment by David on November 5, 2021 at 7:34 pm
Most people feel that the police are an essential public service as are the fire department, sanitation, etc. However, the police should not use lethal force except in life-threatening situations—a person with a weapon or one who is likely to cause injury to them or others. Choking a person after they have been subdued is not justified.
Comment by Rebecca on November 6, 2021 at 12:37 pm
Even in Minneapolis where the crime rate has been sky high for years and years, some of the people there still have enough sense to know what would happen to them without the police.