The good news is Democratic politicians have begun worrying that their “Defund the Police” policies, which coincided with a massive spike in violent crime nationwide, have created “a suicide pact.” The bad news is their apparent shift stems from a concern that they have committed political suicide, not a realization that their actions needlessly cost American lives.
This contrast came into light when Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva charged the county’s Board of Supervisors with cementing a “suicide pact” and “showing deliberate indifference to the obvious impact on public safety” after its members voted “to fire 4,000 deputies for not being vaccinated.” Those who observed police relations in cities that had chosen to defund the police nationwide agreed.
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