'Irony defined': Only days after Oakland slashed its police budget...wait for it

[Counselor706]

Critics of the defund the police movement in Oakland, California, are highlighting a recent attempted robbery as the perfect example of what inevitably happens when a local government decides to slash its police budget.

On Monday, a local Bay Area news crew, KNTV-TV, was interviewing Oakland's violence prevention director on the steps of City Hall when a pair of armed robbers approached the group with guns and attempted to steal the camera equipment.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a scuffle ensued during the attempted robbery before a security officer brandished a firearm and drove the would-be burglars away.

Only days earlier, Oakland's City Council voted to reallocate $18 million of police funding to community violence prevention programs. The bulk of that money will now go to the Department of Violence Prevention, a group that reportedly aims to counter violence in the city by sending out "civilian violence interrupters and life coaches."

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[phrodeau]

Explain how making a change to next year’s budget causes this year’s crime.

 

[Earthlyone]

Explain how making a change to next year’s budget causes this year’s crime.

This years crime doesn't bode well for a planned cut in Police budgets for next year does it?

Your flippancy about these matters is an insult to victims of crime.