In case it hasn't been said already, correlation does not imply causation.
Police presence does not deter crime. That's because police do not address the root causes of crime. All police can do, in most cases, is react to crimes that have already been committed. And in fact most crimes go unsolved. The idea that a man planning to murder his wife, suddenly decides against it because the local police station hired more cops (or decides to go through with it because the local police station got rid of more cops) is patently absurd. Same goes for the man planning to rob a bank, or a gas station.
When people say "Defund the police" they don't mean "Defund the police, and then do nothing else." They mean "Defund police, and fund social service programs, and schools, and other root causes of crime instead."
I'm not too bothered about police leaving because they can't shoot people willy nilly anymore. Good riddance to them. They're the bad ones, believe it or not.
Police presence does not deter crime. That's because police do not address the root causes of crime. All police can do, in most cases, is react to crimes that have already been committed. And in fact most crimes go unsolved. The idea that a man planning to murder his wife, suddenly decides against it because the local police station hired more cops (or decides to go through with it because the local police station got rid of more cops) is patently absurd. Same goes for the man planning to rob a bank, or a gas station.
When people say "Defund the police" they don't mean "Defund the police, and then do nothing else." They mean "Defund police, and fund social service programs, and schools, and other root causes of crime instead."
I'm not too bothered about police leaving because they can't shoot people willy nilly anymore. Good riddance to them. They're the bad ones, believe it or not.
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to woman is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
