Cleveland has never ‘defunded’ the police. The problem is, they can’t recruit enough new people to replace losses and keep the force level at strength. Nobody wants to put their life on the line for nothing but being shot at, called racist, and getting sued. I hear the pay is actually great, but there are few takers.
At some point...
“the people” need to realize the police are NOT there to protect you.
The police are unwilling or unable to stop things like this.
Even though they keep saying “the police will take care of this” nothing happens.
I expect that shortly those laws of physics will be invoked.
Every action initiates an equal and opposite reaction.
Don’t forget that Cleveland was under the Consent decree from the Obama years