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by jjdin14 1702 days ago
blm is the status quo, that’s why speaking against blm gets people deplatformed.
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dd36 1702 days ago
The status quo is qualified immunity.
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downWidOutaFite 1702 days ago
If blm were the status quo the police would have been defunded.
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blitz_skull 1701 days ago
I think a couple cities did that, and quickly back-tracked because crime shot up.
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philosopher1234 1701 days ago
Thats a robust and well researched opinion you have there.
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hunterb123 1701 days ago
He's not wrong, many cities defunded their police and then quickly reversed that decision, many adding more funds to their departments.

It was a pretty big event so I know we all remember it as long as you follow current events, but it's easy to find articles mentioning it.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/cities-reverse-defunding-the-po...

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2021/february/minneapolis-re...

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/portland-mayor-addit...

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philosopher1234 1701 days ago
Have you evaluated, or even bothered to seek out, the literature that disagrees with you?
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hunterb123 1701 days ago
That doesn't make any sense. It's not a philosophical view, it's an event in history and a matter of fact.

Cities defunded police departments, crime went up, some of those same cities then later re-funded those departments, and even increased budgets.

The crime statistics and city council laws passed support these claims, I have not found any claims disputing these facts.

Even the left most leaning sources agree with these claims.

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blitz_skull 1700 days ago
No, it's not. It's a fact. Seeing as how you have the means to comment on Hacker News, you can easily fact-check this for yourself if you're concerned about its validity.
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dghlsakjg 1701 days ago
Which cities?
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hunterb123 1701 days ago
NYC, LA, Oakland, Baltimore, Portland, and Minneapolis at least

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9625629/REFUND-poli...

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Redoubts 1701 days ago
> The Democratic mayors of New York City, Baltimore and Los Angeles are among those now backpedaling on their vows

So they didn't actually do anything.

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hunterb123 1701 days ago
Some cities did defund in their budget, then reversed and refunded.

Some cities backpedalled on their promise to defund and added to the budget instead.

The existence of the latter scenario does not nullify the former.

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singlow 1701 days ago
Add Austin, TX, although there is a ballot initiative to restore the funding being voted on right now.
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