Submitted by LocalBearEnthusiast t3_y77yjq in washingtondc
[deleted] t1_isu2edk wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in D.C. Council Prepares To Vote On Overhaul Of Criminal Code by LocalBearEnthusiast
The real question is what was the crime rate before Allen moved to defund the police and what is it now? Then imagine if we had defunded the police.
[deleted] t1_isu2ti9 wrote
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[deleted] t1_isu3htw wrote
DC never defunded the police
[deleted] t1_isu3kea wrote
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[deleted] t1_isu480i wrote
Homicides were +14% in 2021 for a total of 226. Recent low was 88 in 2012. All much higher than NYC on a per capita basis.
[deleted] t1_isu3o1i wrote
BTW, the murder rate per capita in DC is multiple times higher than NYC for example
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[deleted] t1_isu90h2 wrote
Wow, you know your argument is weak when you crow about DC’s murder rate comparing favorably to Cleveland and Baton Rouge. DC is the capital of the United States visited by thousands of tourists each year. It can do better.
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[deleted] t1_isu510n wrote
Well, proposing to defund the police surely would not have helped. I would suggest to start with enforcing all existing laws including misdemeanors.
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waldrop02 t1_isuw01y wrote
What’s the relative proportion of crime that police prevent vs. react to, in your opinion?
[deleted] t1_isvx2cm wrote
Impossible to measure.
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