So we've got rioters attacking and in some cases killing police, mayors calling cops killers, Portland wants to get rid of SRO, (yeah, that'll make the schools safer) and entire SRT saying F' you and quitting. Police are tasked with an incredibly difficult and many times thankless job, most do it with honor and integrity but every once in while some asshole kills some other worthless asshole and all hell breaks loose. Is it time to "defund" the police like some are screaming for or would that make matters far worse? I know there is no way in hell I'd work as a cop in one of these major cities that tie their hands and allow criminals and homeless to rule the streets and demonize the police for trying to do there job. Shitty time to be a cop.

Nationwide protests over the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, the latest in a long string of high-profile slayings of black men by white officers, have featured a common rallying cry: “Defund the police.”

The movement predates the current protests and is driven both by anger at the militarized posture of many U.S. police departments and by the recognition they are being called on to confront social ills including addiction, mental illness and homelessness that, advocates say, could be better addressed by spending on social services and rethinking what behaviors should be considered crimes.

Demands on streets from New York to Los Angeles have given higher prominence to the idea, drawing the attention of big-city mayors and on the presidential campaign trail.


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