You can want a police presence, you can also want those police to be properly trained in use of force, and you can want a more robust policy for dealing with em

You can want a police presence, you can also want those police to be properly trained in use of force, and you can want a more robust policy for dealing with emergent mental health issues all at the same time. None of those are exclusive of each other. If I were a police officer or worked in that area of policy, I would be appalled at the degree of correlation that the more frequently people reported seeing the police, the less they wanted to see police around. This is yet another false and divisive zero sum framing of a complex issue. Everyone deserves quality police service from their municipal and state authorities, police deserve accountability for colleagues that break the law and put good police officers at risk, and everyone deserves policing that is unbiased and increases public safety regardless of race, creed, or any other factor.