{"id":4038,"date":"2021-06-23T12:07:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T19:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4038"},"modified":"2021-06-23T12:07:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T19:07:51","slug":"how-de-funding-the-police-works-when-reality-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4038","title":{"rendered":"How De-Funding the Police Works When Reality Strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The George Floyd riots led some politicians, mostly in Leftist-dominated cities like Minneapolis, Portland and Seattle, to call for de-funding the police.\u00a0 For those not inclined to view the world through the prism of anti-Americanism, and who therefore knew where reducing police presence would lead, the resulting surge in violent crime was hardly a surprise.\u00a0 (It&#8217;s unfortunate that adults, or persons posing as adults, have to learn that where the police are stepped back, or not present at all, criminals will quickly get the picture and take advantage.\u00a0 But this seems to be where we are).<\/p>\n<p>Still, that relentless enemy of the Leftist narrative\u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 that is, reality\u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 will have its way, generally sooner rather than later.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all nicely summarized in one flow chart.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.powerlineblog.com\/ed-assets\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-23-at-10.25.35-AM.png?resize=580%2C580&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hat tip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2021\/06\/wheels-coming-off-the-progressive-bus.php\">Steve Hayward<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The George Floyd riots led some politicians, mostly in Leftist-dominated cities like Minneapolis, Portland and Seattle, to call for de-funding the police.\u00a0 For those not inclined to view the world through the prism of anti-Americanism, and who therefore knew where reducing police presence would lead, the resulting surge in violent crime was hardly a surprise.\u00a0 (It&#8217;s unfortunate that adults, or persons posing as adults, have to learn that where the police are stepped back, or not present at all, criminals will quickly get the picture and take advantage.\u00a0 But this seems to be where we are). Still, that relentless enemy of the Leftist narrative\u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 that is, reality\u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 will have its way, generally sooner rather than later.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all nicely summarized in one flow chart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How De-Funding the Police Works When Reality Strikes - Crime &amp; Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4038\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How De-Funding the Police Works When Reality Strikes - Crime &amp; Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The George Floyd riots led some politicians, mostly in Leftist-dominated cities like Minneapolis, Portland and Seattle, to call for de-funding the police.\u00a0 For those not inclined to view the world through the prism of anti-Americanism, and who therefore knew where reducing police presence would lead, the resulting surge in violent crime was hardly a surprise.\u00a0 (It&#8217;s unfortunate that adults, or persons posing as adults, have to learn that where the police are stepped back, or not present at all, criminals will quickly get the picture and take advantage.\u00a0 But this seems to be where we are). 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