You don't have to blame the defunding movement for the rise in homicide rates to wonder if the people in charge thought it through. The scariest part about hav

You don't have to blame the defunding movement for the rise in homicide rates to wonder if the people in charge thought it through. The scariest part about having my city's police force defunded (aside from cops not wanting to work here anymore) is the realization that my city council members are strongly influenced by the news cycles. News cycles can be tampered with. Truly, what is the news, but a way to tamper with our opinions? Opinions can be changed through repetition, and rage can be incited seemingly with little effort. The modern warfront in the United States is our news feed. You can't exactly waltz an army into a country that's packing nukes. What you can do is hire an army to sway public opinion in a country in order to weaken them. Who knows, maybe next time we'll defund our military.