[philosopher1234]

How precisely did the supposed defunding lead to an increase in crime?

[hunterb123]

The same way defunding a fire department will lead to an increase in fire damage.

Less resources means slower response times or no response at all.

That wasn't the premise though, the question was whether they defunded and then later refunded when crime was rising.

Above I showed GP that Minneapolis did in fact do this, as did many other cities.