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Why would anyone be 'for that'?

Defunding the police in high crime areas will only result in more crime.

Most Black communities are underpoliced, not overpoliced, and they don't get a response often enough when they call 9/11.

So many areas have called for 'more policing' - we saw this in the UK/London where crime rates came up in the last 24 months due to cuts in policing.

What we want are police that avoid having to shoot people necessarily.



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