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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Major crime in the US occurs at lower rate now than it did in 1980 (yes - you were more likely to get murdered as a kid than you are now). Yet we've spent the last 20 years turning the police into a new branch of the military.
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Way lower.
But the lesson there is (or should be), "things can actually be much worse". So I'm not sure dismantling entire police systems is a particularly good idea to just jump into. Society-altering events, as catalysts for new policy, tend to produce really bad policy. 9/11 being the chief example.
But more to the point, I'm pretty concerned that pursuing this "defund the police" thing is just going to hand Trump the election. That's a terrible headline to see in the Star Tribune if you're a Democrat trying to get elected in the midwest.