(09-08-2023, 12:36 PM)copycat Wrote:

(09-08-2023, 11:03 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: I think that outside of a few "radicals" and a few cities still deeply embroiled in some bad budgeting decisions, most of the defunding and dismantling fervor has settled into "let's be smarter about how we budget law enforcement and let these indictments and convictions send a message about undue lethal force." 

The defund/dismantle stuff from various political figures was akin to the Monday morning overreactions we see in the football forum after a loss. 

It has since returned to some semblance of "cooler heads prevailing" in most places where it flared up. 
Of course, the infotainment set that leans right is going to tell you otherwise, but... it really isn't "a thing" anymore in most places. 

Sadly - this is the nature of our political landscape currently. It ominously mirrors the instant gratification and mob-mentality of our internet fueled media and social discourse. Over-the-top oneupmanship has no place in politics, but we are seeing it more and more prevalently. Pardon the old man yelling at a cloud, but I long for a time when political reactions were more carefully measured.

Sure but it was all fun and games to pound the podium and rail against the police until she needed them.  If memory severs me correct, I believe it was the right saying pump the brakes.  We need the police but let’s get rid of the few bad apples.

"The right" and millions upon millions of sensible voters on the left had a pump the brakes attitude. 

As usual, the loudest voices in the room get amplified and the cries of the "defund" cuckoo-birds got the attention. 
That doesn't mean they represent a majority of Dem/Left voters. 

There are years worth of posts from me in the various "death by police" threads saying better vetting of recruits and reformed training in use of lethal force were the way forward. Sure, plenty of police dept's around the country could be budgeted more wisely, but you never heard me calling to defund or dismantle them. Just fix the problems. And many of them work diligently to do so in a variety of ways. 

Most folks are wise enough to value public safety beyond such a ridiculous concept as defunding police.

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