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Originally Posted by PilotMan
Defund the police was the dumbest catch-phrase ever. It didn't encapsulate at all what the efforts were trying to do. Take away multiple layers that fall on the police's shoulders and let them get back to doing what will be more effective for them as they serve their constituents. Their attitude of "this is what we do, and we'll do it how we like" is one of the biggest problems. There are a million ways to skin this fish, and it appears that here, top down cultural change has to happen. That's a far cry from 'defund the police.'
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Agreed. Here in Portland for example, we have a huge homeless problem, and I think everybody involved would prefer that the police were not the first & only party responsible for handling those issues, but the politicization & labeling of 'defunding' will likely serve to make any kind of resource shifting that much more difficult in the future.