Hello Aaron,

 AI>> Rubbish. This is not now and never was a Democrat policy.

 AT> Bill Deblasio, mayor of NYC, has given in to protesters demands by
 AT> shifting $1 billion dollars away from NYC police.

That may be so. I don't know Deblasio or the reason he does what he does.

But I know that defunding police is not a democrat policy.

If we want police to accomplish x,y,z (and I think we do) then they should be
given the training and funding to be able to accomplish that in a successful
way.

I think this idea of defunding police is unworkable. If we can fund programs
that can make police more successful or efficient then that is a good thing.

 AI>>  AT> inmates released early, and cheaper street drugs.
 AI>>
 AI>> More rubbish.

 AT> In New York, jail is already a thing of the past. In California, state
 AT>  prisons are letting inmates out "to protect them from covid," but I
 AT> see it as a slap in the face to crime victims, and a way to save
 AT> money.

I can understand letting non violent criminals out if there is no safe place to
put them. When courts decide a sentence, that sentence should be carried out.

 AT> I wish this was all rubbish. My state is horrible, and these Democrat
 AT> trends could lead to the destruction of the whole country if they get
 AT> any more powerful.

This program needs work. Rapists for example (as Arron said the other day)
should not be released, in my opinion, since that is a violent crime.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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