de-policing does not neccessarily mean abolition or even cutting the budget. It can mean, as we've seen, to effectively stop enforcing certain laws either beca

de-policing does not neccessarily mean abolition or even cutting the budget. It can mean, as we've seen, to effectively stop enforcing certain laws either because they were ordered to, because the DA stops prosecuting those they arrest, or as a quiet quitting type response by police to having their feelings hurt. Pick your cause, but clearly it has happened for non-violent offenses in a lot of cities. Some will argue its not happened, others will happen its good that it's happened, and still others will argue it should happen even further...