I should think that the number of people who want to completely do away with the police is vanishingly small. Actually, it's probably about 3 people. Important

I should think that the number of people who want to completely do away with the police is vanishingly small. Actually, it's probably about 3 people. Importantly, and I do think this is worth pointing out, those people have zero political power & zero input on any budgets, legislation, etc. Situations like those described in the article are actually happening. It seems like the right in the USA are being deliberately pedantic about the phrase "defund the police", to make it sound like those on the left are crazy. Conservatives have been gaslighting the electorate for as long as I've been a voter. This is no different.