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The person you are responding to is saying that Seattle did not defund the police. Literally the second sentence in your link is: >The answer is not that the S
by jjulius 2y ago
The person you are responding to is saying that Seattle did not defund the police. Literally the second sentence in your link is:
>The answer is not that the Seattle Police Department was defunded.
What do you think you are refuting?
Edit: And how on earth do you cite a hiring bonus as an example that they have been defunded?
- WalterBright 2y agoYes, I misremembered it and I was wrong about it which I discovered by googling it. But the number of police is way down, so it had the same effect as defunding. Part of the reason for the reduction is the Seattle City Council abused them by calling them murderers. The cops felt unsupported by the Council and unwanted, and they left. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/defamation-suit-against-seattle-councilmember-kshama-sawant-dismissed/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/defamatio... https://www.bigcountrynewsconnection.com/local/seattle-councilmember-known-for-defund-police-efforts-says-cops-not-doing-enough-about-feces-being/article_88348ee4-517b-11ed-a619-e7591b1eb74a.html https://www.bigcountrynewsconnection.com/local/seattle-counc... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12656567/Seattle-lawmaker-denies-support-defunding-police.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12656567/Seattle-la... The suburb cities did not experience an exodus, so it has nothing to do with the pandemic.
- jjulius 2y ago>But the number of police is way down, so it had the same effect as defunding. So we all agree that SPD wasn't defunded. Thank you.