New survey finds Philadelphians feel police aren’t keeping them safe

WHYY(PBS Philadelphia) ^ | 02/18/2021 | Ximena CondeRyan Briggs

[Kid Shelleen]

More than 90% of Philadelphians surveyed in a new poll from a coalition of community-based groups say they support redistributing money from police toward social, health, and housing programs.

The polarizing phrase “defund the police” became a hallmark of protests over the 2020 police killings of Black men and women George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Walter Wallace Jr. But the community-based organization set out with their poll to quantify public support for redirecting police funding to other city services and better understand where people wanted to see investment.

[Kid Shelleen]

If they feel unsafe now wait until the police get defunded and replaced with social workers. Left wing non-profits created and distributed the survey so you know it's accurate. < SARC Someone should tell them white supremacists, aka progressives are the worst friends to Brown and Black POC.

[Kid Shelleen]

*** Philly Metro Ping ***

[TheBattman]

Well, technically, the courts have said police have no mandate to protect people...

[EEGator]

I was in a tan neighborhood in Philly today.
I didn’t feel safe either...

[Oldeconomybuyer]

...new poll from a coalition of community-based groups ...

A new group of cereal producers says eggs are bad for breakfast.

[PGR88]

What can you do to help people when they are their own worst enemies?

[EEGator]

Nada.

[Kid Shelleen]

LBJ would monetize their misery and create a permanent left wing voting block.

[Organic Panic]

is it police aren’t keeping them safe? Or is it there are a lot of criminals in Philly?

[vpintheak]

Call your local social worker. Isn’t that what these leftists want?

[ConservativeInPA]

Philadelphians would feel safer if they personally, without the help of the police, took control of their neighborhoods. That’s they way my neighborhood works. Any criminal has to be crazy to cause problems. The government will never be there to stop crime before it happens.

[wastedyears]

They are under no constitutional obligation to help.

[cowboyusa]

Bull. Before the ccv, I worked as a courier downtown. All the black security guards I talked to, say the community want’s MORE police.

[cowboyusa]

Bull. Before the ccv, I worked as a courier downtown. All the black security guards I talked to, say the community want’s MORE police.

[EEGator]

Are you saying “bull” to the story, or to what I posted?

[TnTnTn]

The problem is the police have a budget that is too large...defund the police and close the jails and prisons...then everything will be wonderful aoc style...

[blueunicorn6]

Baloney.

90% of Philadelphians don’t know which end of the pencil to write with.

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[EvilCapitalist]

I hope you were carrying.