Defund the police (Bernie style)

[Counselor706]

The "defund the police" movement in Burlington, Vermont, has failed so dramatically that even the progressive council member who initially pushed the effort now admits the city messed up, NBC News reported this week.

It's been nearly 18 months since the liberal northeastern city abruptly passed a resolution to slash its police force by 30%, remove resource officers from schools, shift police funding to social justice initiatives, and create a committee to review what institutions are actually needed to "build a healthy and safe community." Presumably, a traditional police force would not be part of the committee's conclusions.

"Almost a year and a half later, no one, it seems, is happy. Not even the city councilor who proposed the resolution," NBC News stated after interviewing key officials involved in or affected by the effort.

“We’re in a situation that I think nobody wanted us to get to,” Councilor Zoraya Hightower, a member of the locally dominant Progressive Party, told the outlet. She acknowledged the effort has brought with it some "unintended consequences."

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[LukSkyFokker]

How is a state senator responsible for the "style" of a city council member of a tiny city in Vermont?

STFU, miles.