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Don’t overindex on anecdotes. Policing has problems but in general where police in America have retreated, crime has gone up.

• exadrid 4y ago
  This "fact" is really really popular among conservative news, but nobody has hard evidence. Do you have a source?
  • Jweb_Guru 4y ago
    Doubtful, considering that there were essentially zero places that actually pulled back police.
  • spoonjim 4y ago
    Look at the arrests numbers and homicide numbers for all of the big cities pre and post George Floyd. Arrests are down, homicides are up.