St. Paul, Minnesota, last year, Mayor Melvin Carter rejected a request for 50 new police officers. In a statement explaining his decision, he wrote: “The philosophy that more police officers, tougher prosecutors and bigger jails equal a safer city has failed.
“In cities, the single largest allocation of resources is going to the police department," said @KumarRaoNYC. "There are tradeoffs involved in that kind of expenditure on policing. It means less investment in the things that keep communities safe.”
https://theappeal.org/spending-billions-on-policing-then-millions-on-police-misconduct/ …
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Our driving goal shouldn’t be to hire as many officers as possible but to reduce the number of times we have to call police in the first place. The City currently spends three times more on police and fire services than on recreation centers and libraries.
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Black on black crime is HIGHER than police on blacks. FACTS. More deaths by gun violence and abortion and their race is SHRINKING. Literally fading away. We should ALL be alarmed.pic.twitter.com/UmYBM3Pe2s
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