Commentary The voters have spoken. So now can we finally bury the insidiously foolish demand to “defund the police?” And while we’re at it, can we also agree to ignore the Marxist-inspired message that started with the Black Lives Matter movement calling for outright abolishment of not only the police but jails, prisons, parole, and the court system as well? Stick a fork in these ideas. They are done. No place was the American public’s disdain for these philosophies more starkly demonstrated than in Minneapolis, ground zero of nationwide anti-police protests following the horrific May 2020 murder of George Floyd. Voters in that city roundly rejected a proposition that would have done away with the police department and replaced it with a nebulous-sounding Department of Public Safety. It’s worth noting that defeat of the proposition came at a time when violent crimes have been on the rise in Minneapolis. And, …
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