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Lisa Lawler had no reason to suspect Const. Boris Borissov but now her opinion of police has changed — she’s convinced other grieving families have been victims of similar thefts

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yet another genius who never bothered to learn what "defund the police" actually intended before blathering on about how it's ridiculous.

The whole point of defund the police was to remove some of their funding, especially that used to unnecessarily outfit police like paramilitary groups, and use it to fund programs that are better suited than the police to help people in certain situations, like crisis counselors.