Since hardly anyone says that anymore, we’re doing a lousy job. Sorry to disappoint you, but that phrase ain’t gonna be making a comeback. Try to keep up with the times.
Good. This, in my opinion, is part and parcel of the problem. Using any excuse to make contact to demand ID and run it hoping for something bigger. Or trying to evoke a resistance.
Nobody cares if some guy is selling loose cigarettes on a corner.
Defunding the police could lead to white flight and a return to urban blight years of 1970s.
Then when people get tired of it, they elect those who are tough on crime.
Then cities become safe again and young liberal college grads want to live in cities again. Then the same young liberal college grads decide it’s a good idea to elect those who want to defund the police and back to urban blight we go.
Then people get tired of it and elect tho… rinse, repeat
Cool, now liberals are on board for union busting, you realize that’s what happened right? They fired all the unionized cops, tore up their contracts and hired twice as many cops with the money.