I think there actually is a problem with the slogan you're not addressing. To say police can't solve X problem is to let them off the hook. The question is whether police are doing a good job at what they are supposed to be actually doing, and by the same token, how overfunded police are, especially in Democratic -run cities. The issue i…
I think there actually is a problem with the slogan you're not addressing. To say police can't solve X problem is to let them off the hook. The question is whether police are doing a good job at what they are supposed to be actually doing, and by the same token, how overfunded police are, especially in Democratic -run cities. The issue in NYC is not a matter of "reallocating funding"- the services the public receives for incredibly high taxes are pathetic, even leaving the overstaffed police out of it. The issue is about Democrats babbling about "equity" and "community policing" and then throwing the police billions more dollars to break the law themselves while those well-funded police refuse to show up at city council hearings and when they do, just lie anyway. Ideally the executive should effectively control the police but when he does not, defunding is the normal mechanism for the legislature to exert its control.
This is totally different from the vague idea that unemployed NYU grads should be sent into the hood en masse to be "social workers" which many people were saying some variation of in 2020
I think there actually is a problem with the slogan you're not addressing. To say police can't solve X problem is to let them off the hook. The question is whether police are doing a good job at what they are supposed to be actually doing, and by the same token, how overfunded police are, especially in Democratic -run cities. The issue in NYC is not a matter of "reallocating funding"- the services the public receives for incredibly high taxes are pathetic, even leaving the overstaffed police out of it. The issue is about Democrats babbling about "equity" and "community policing" and then throwing the police billions more dollars to break the law themselves while those well-funded police refuse to show up at city council hearings and when they do, just lie anyway. Ideally the executive should effectively control the police but when he does not, defunding is the normal mechanism for the legislature to exert its control.
This is totally different from the vague idea that unemployed NYU grads should be sent into the hood en masse to be "social workers" which many people were saying some variation of in 2020
This! Thank you.
A google search for "defund the police social workers" from Jan 1 2020 to December 31 2020 turns up a lot. For instance https://theappeal.org/social-workers-are-rejecting-calls-for-them-to-replace-police/