You're trying to argue the point you wished I made, instead of the one I did make. This was my post:
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"We all knew this would be the outcome." And yes, we all knew that Defund the Police would be absolutely rejected, because it was absolutely insane. You choosing to cherry-pick an outlier from a list that shows a clear trend in the opposite direction of the argument you chose to make doesn't change that.
Fair critique; I was arguing more about the topic of the article than your posted statement. I dont have an arguement against it.
As for this:
Nope, it was a stupid idea since day one, because from day one it ALWAYS meant "defund the police." If they wanted to "reform" the police, the movement would be "reform the police" or "make City Hall make better funding decisions," not "defund the police."
It did start with stop giving the cops more money to do things they arent trained for, and give those funds to social/community services. That said, when have libs/leftist ever been good at slogans?
It was an intentionally charged statement to get attention that proved to have backfired for them.
This part broke my brain. Can you clarify the disposition/composition of the community service patrol and what non-violent crimes they would respond to vs police?
@Kraut783 hit on some ways I've seen it. Again, I'm not privy to what their dispatch SOP is for if it's community service alone or with LEO.
A few situations in which I've interacted with them:
-showed up at an accident with an LEO, then the LEO bounced once they determine the situation is calm.
-when shit was stolen out of my car.
-to take information about an abandoned vehicle on my street.
-to do a wellness check (on an older neighbor)
-with an LEO, to respond to a noise complaint/dispute amongst my other neighbors.
It seems like they show up alone if its something that might be seen as routine/low priority and with an LEO for instances that might have some more "tempers" attached.
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