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Newsom proposes defunding police, prisons, public safety as California faces massive deficit
Submitted 5 months ago by wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee to conservative@lemm.ee
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Alice@hilariouschaos.com 5 months ago
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I did for many years. I left because escalating crime, taxes. Traffic, etc.
Alice@hilariouschaos.com 5 months ago
Same. Southern California for me. Fuck that shit hole
realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social 5 months ago
@wintermute_oregon I thought the #Democrat party had moved away from the whole #DefundThePolice thing. That died with #BLM. Weird.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 5 months ago
“Defund” was taken out of context at the time too in order to write overreactionary stories. While I’m aware some people were full on wanting to abolish the police, they were a tiny minority.
“Defund” literally means “give less funding than before”, which itself I could get behind, considering many location’s budgets are not managed or audited effectively, and I’ve seen first hand in my hometown and other places I’ve lived where they get a huge budget, buy a bunch of shit they don’t need and there’s no tie between budget and performance like literally every other workplace.
Just because people want some fiscal responsibility from law enforcement doesn’t mean they don’t want law enforcement, but the word “defund” has scary connotations and the media leaned into that to protect the boys in blue.
My own brother was in the Air Force and became a LEO and quit after trying very hard to be a force of change, but after seeing the abuse of the system by his fellow officers he eventually left when he realized he was powerless. It was pretty sad, actually. He otherwise loved the job.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Nah. They still push the silliness. I know locally there was an attempt to defund the police. It’s why a right wing mayor was elected. People are tired of the crime.
Personally I am for police reform. Typically that would involve more money to the police but focusing on higher standards and training.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 5 months ago
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