[Izikiel43]

> wants to defund the police

Ask Seattle how well that turned out

[pkulak]

Why? They didn’t defund their police.

[Izikiel43]

They tried, lots of people left, then backpedaled, and it's still not what it used to be.

[Kephael]

Seattle upset their police force and made them quit, they then had to pay overtime to fewer remaining officers which increased their spending.

[mcdonje]

"made them quit"

That's some editorializing

[whoooboyy]

Seattle has largely increased police funding, dramatically? For a dept under a consent decree until recently.

The mayor also capped non police crisis response teams to 24 people. Total. For the city. 24.

Seattle has done everything except defund the police, lol

[Izikiel43]

Those are recent measures. They had to increase funding because they decreased it, and shit hit the fan, and they are trying to hire people back.