Before politicians rush headlong into the potentially disastrous decision to defund police departments, they should think about the ramifications. More than three centuries ago, British writer Jonathan Swift observed, “Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it; so that when Men come to be undeceiv’d, it is too late.” Well, a new movement to defund the police is well on its way. And in a remarkably short time, it has quickly outpaced the logic and common sense questions that could slow it down.The goal of the “defund the police” movement is obviously to punish police officers for bad behavior....