I believe it. In Seattle we've had a huge spike in crimes, as violent protesting, anti-police sentiment, and defunding have resulted in a mass exodus of police

I believe it. In Seattle we've had a huge spike in crimes, as violent protesting, anti-police sentiment, and defunding have resulted in a mass exodus of police officers. Much of this crime isn't even tracked well, since a lot of it is unreported (things like fires started by vagrants, sewage dumping, public exposure, etc). There have also been increased shootings, armed robberies, and harassment on the street. It's gotten to the point where my neighborhood has flyers posted warning women to watch out for a known predator that the police can't do anything about for some reason. Female friends I know that would count themselves as staunch Democrats are all of a sudden discussing things like going to a beginner's gun class as a group, which I would have thought unthinkable just 1-2 years ago.