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I think the problem is that when white people leave a neighborhood, they bring with them their political influence to allocate city funds to that neighborhood.

• lelanthran 4y ago
  > I think the problem is that when white people leave a neighborhood, they bring with them their political influence to allocate city funds to that neighborhood. Funds for things like... adequate policing. Huh. I don't think that makes sense in context of GPs argument, as GP also argues that "more policing" did not help alleviate the violence problem. The assertions "police were defunded, therefor the area got more violent" and "policing was escalated, and still the area got more violent" cannot both be true at the same time.
  • MichaelCollins 4y ago
    Refusing to fund more policing in response to rising crime is effectively the same as pulling out funding. Either way it's "not his problem", he's quite adamant that crime in Chicago doesn't effect his own family, and he opposes more funding to police in neighborhoods his family wouldn't be so safe in.