I’m not taking about liberal policies. Liberals too often side with conservatives in austerity measures that leave districts underfunded and underserved, and are just as ruthless in dealing with wandering and sleeping homeless people.
I’m talking about policies that reduce police interference, for example, sending mental health professionals to mental health calls instead of cops so people don’t get killed, giving kids the proper mentors and a stable home does reduce gang activity, drugs are safer when abusers can use them supervised by a doctor. Conservatives should agree with helping people left behind get job opportunities and stable housing and mental health treatment to make communities safer and secure, but they INSIST that the government can’t do this at all! People must do it on their own or the individualist dream is dead!
They have not been defunding the police anywhere, and in fact, something as bold as letting people out of prison early, a left wing policy, has reduced crime in NY, California and New Jersey. Policing is a failure and you repeating over and over again that we need aggressive policing doesn’t change shit.