The progressives on the Seattle City Council have signaled their intention to dramatically slash the city police budget.
Today, they held a hearing on a plan to reduce the police department by 50% and redistribute the money to "communities of color."
Here are the details. 
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Understand this: "police abolition" is no longer confined to obscure academic journals; it is now being considered by major American cities. The activists have built their narrative: "The police are incorrigibly racist, violent, and corrupt. Reform is not enough. Utopia now!"
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This legislation to "defund the police" has a real chance at becoming law in Seattle. Four councilmembers—Morales, Sawant, Mosqueda, and González—have already pledged their support to a 50% cut. If they can flip one more councilmember, they can pass it.
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How will it end? In chaos. I published an article last year warning about the "defund the police" movement. My predictions still stand: wealthy residents would hire private security and poor residents would be at the mercy of violent gangs. /endhttps://www.city-journal.org/abolish-police-call-to-action …
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Are drugs involved in city council meetings?
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So if I or my family member is murdered, or raped, who will investigate the crime? How will a suspect be arrested? How will a trial take place? I guess it's the Wild West again, with no law, or justice?
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Why don't they fund this themselves?
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