Anonymous #2 1d

Or divert the money to stuff that actually stops crime like food banks and libraries and schools and stuff

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Anonymous #4 1d

Can you be more specific about the policy you are referring to

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Anonymous #5 1d

First of all, ICE is police. Their uniforms say “police” on them. Second of all, my critiques of law enforcement include but are not limited to ICE.

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Anonymous #5 1d

They are in fact a federal law enforcement agency

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Anonymous #7 1d

Btw every liberal (and I say this as a liberal) who thinks that defunding police is what POC want ignores the 83% of Black people in a national poll who opposed defunding it

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Anonymous #7 1d

I completely agree about the second part, but where do you think the people are trying to get the funds to accomplish this from?

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Anonymous OP 1d

Ok, I guess you could say they are police, but I think you should have different and unique criticism for ICE because they are federally funded compared to local police departments. So the mechanism to enact change are different for each

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Anonymous #5 1d

Local police departments still receive federal funding. ESPECIALLY after 9/11 Thanks to 9/11 the Doraville Police Department (Doraville has 16k residents only) has a FUCKING TANK

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Anonymous OP 23h

Yes—the reduction in active officers coincided with a substantial increase in violent crime. MPD went from 879 sworn officers in January 2020 to 743 by April 2021, with only 651 actively working, while homicides rose 71% from 2019–20 and shooting victims rose 105%.

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Anonymous OP 23h

By May 2021, patrol staffing had fallen from 478 to 317 while gunshot victims were up 161% year-over-year. The city itself cited the combination of reduced staffing and increased crime when requesting additional police resources.

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