As crime and violence (including homicides) spike across the US, woke cities which rushed to create a Marxist Utopia by defunding police departments are realizing that inconvenient reality never does match up with Utopian propaganda. Some cities are “refunding” the police in a desperate attempt to fix the disaster on their hands.
The Morning Wire (of The Daily Wire) reported:
“The Topline: Cities nationwide are starting to see funds come back to their police departments after a wide scale effort by activists and Black Lives Matter protesters last year to defund law enforcement.
The Cities
In its 2021-2022 budget, Austin, Texas, restored funds to the Police Department budget. The city also provided money for at least two cadet classes, but said the department could train another if they discover funds in the budget.
The move came partially in response to a bill that became law in Texas earlier this year, which punished certain cities that cut police department funding.
The NYPD also got a budget increase of $200 million, and the LAPD got an increase of 3%.
Burlington, Vermont recently approved bonuses for police officers. New officers would get a $15,000 bonus and current officers will get $10,000.
The Oakland City Council also just voted to add another police academy to the budget after previously approving fewer academies.
Over the summer, Dallas saw a shift in messaging when Mayor Eric Johnson said the city needs more police officers.
Crime Point: 2020 experienced the largest spike in homicide rates in over a hundred years.”
Interestingly, these cities (unusually) seem to have caught up with public opinion. A majority (according to some polls, an overwhelming majority) of Americans do not in fact support defunding the police. Because an ordinary person with common sense can immediately see how that might cause problems for law and order.
“Public Sentiment
A group of polls from last year showed Americans were against the ‘defund the police’ movement or ‘defunding police departments’ by an average of 58% to 31%.
A poll from March of this year found that fewer than 1 in 5 Americans supported the ‘defund the police’ movement.”
It’s certainly a red letter day in modern America when city governments start enacting legislation approved by actual voters and indicated by real life experience