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Donmiggy143 t1_jcysk58 wrote

No. Which meant fewer police tanks, and riot gear, and payouts for terrible police behavior. Slightly reduced budgets for less police bloat, and more experts to handle delicate situations. That doesn't mean less police. But the unions sure wanted to make you think that's what it would do.

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SilasX t1_jcyrrta wrote

What changed in terms of cartelization. "The pandemic is what changed" is consistent with the (more probable) supply shock explanation. Again, why not do it in e.g. 2009 when they could have "obfuscated" it with swine flu?

Again, they're always greedy. Why isn't competition restraining it this time?

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Donmiggy143 t1_jcyqwij wrote

Once again... Defund the police was never about taking police away. It was allocating money in a different way so that there would be more specialists to deal with things that cops are really bad at. Like mental health episodes or suicidal people, so that they can do better at their actual job of dealing with criminals.

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Infernalism t1_jcyq90g wrote

>During a Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing last week, Supervisor Hillary Ronen voiced frustration that the city's police force appeared to be prioritizing retail theft over the safety of the residents in her district.

>"I've been begging this department to give the Mission what it deserves in terms of police presence, all year long. And I've been told time-and-time-and-time-and-time again there are no officers that we can send to Mission. And then I see these numbers protecting shoppers, and it hurts. It hurts. And I feel betrayed by the department, I feel betrayed by the mayor, I feel betrayed by the priorities of this city," Ronen said during the hearing. "It is not this board of supervisor's priorities -- we want our residents safe."

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