Philadelphia just smashed its all time murder total. They have more murders this year than 2013 and 2014 combined, and the year isn't over. We could abolish t

Philadelphia just smashed its all time murder total. They have more murders this year than 2013 and 2014 combined, and the year isn't over. We could abolish the police, as many have proposed, and completely eliminate all police killings. But that doesn't mean the massive net increase in overall murders that would result is somehow good or desirable.