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No, it is not. And their budget is similar per citizen to most major cities [1], so implying that somehow they should spend money on every whim isn’t justified.
by SideQuark 2y ago
No, it is not. And their budget is similar per citizen to most major cities [1], so implying that somehow they should spend money on every whim isn’t justified.
[1] https://www.vera.org/publications/what-policing-costs-in-americas-biggest-cities https://www.vera.org/publications/what-policing-costs-in-ame...
- giraffe_lady 2y agoWell, and are they underfunded or not?
- gruez 2y agoThe point is if that billion is already earmarked for normal police activities, and they're already underfunded, they can't be expected to cough up a bunch more money for this investigation.
- giraffe_lady 2y agoBut are they underfunded?
- SideQuark 2y agoYes, they are so vastly underfunded they cannot follow all such wild fantasy chases without ignoring things for which they have evidence, which would necessarily put other things behind, and then you could rant about those things. Is this answer enough for something you could simply try to understand directly instead of repeating such simplistic and myopic beliefs?
- giraffe_lady 2y agoIt just looks like they have a lot of money is all. People keep saying they're under funded but then link to a page that says they have almost a billion dollars per year. Much more than any other civic institution I can find info about. How much funding would it take for them to pursue suspicious deaths? What else are they doing that they don't have resources for this? Maybe the problem isn't funding.