What? They failed to shoot enough unarmed protesters?
I am beginning to come around to the idea of de-funding police departments. That is a pretty awful feeling to find myself in possible agreement with the Leftists.
I don't think that is what the new Chief is saying ... or not saying.
FWIW I think it is highly unlikely that the guy who shot Ashli Babbitt is any kind of LEO or security.
The defund efforts center on one perception....low-quality people serving as police. Some of this goes back to the 1990s, and entry requirements. Some of them moved up and actually serve as marginalized leaders now. I’m not sure that defunding is the right tool to resolve this mess now...you might end up with thousands of good quality police leaving, and the poor-quality still around.
I had a situation last Wednesday with a DC Metro cop who personified the PIG and ACAB analogy. As we were returning to our car, a member of our group who is somewhat handicapped suffered a broken wheel on his wheelchair.
A Secret Service officer suggested we leave him at the corner and tell Metro PD that we need entry into the closed area to pick him up.
Officer Friendly, using his best Protect and Serve mentality refused us entry and walked away when I asked for his solution to rescue our war veteran friend from a street corner in a closed zone of a riot area at night.
The moron cop did absolutely nothing to help.
Fortunately we had a youth size wheelchair with us that belonged to another member of our party. His large carcass barely sit inside it but we made it work.
Officer Stupid got another piece of my mind as we walked past his sorry lazy butt.