Even Minneapolis ended up reversing their "defund the police" effort: > Dealing the final blow to the local "defund" movement last year was a city council vote

Even Minneapolis ended up reversing their "defund the police" effort: > Dealing the final blow to the local "defund" movement last year was a city council vote to essentially refund a cut they'd made the prior year. Mayor Jacob Frey is proposing another budget bump for the next two fiscal years. https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/how-city-once-called-murderapolis-became-center-of-defund-the-police-movement-now-grappling-with-violent-crime-spike/ https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/how-city-once-called-... As far as I'm aware, every single city that defunded its police to any extent - ended up with a major crime surge and then reversed itself. You can see in the article that Minneapolis was no exception to that rule.