Posted on 07/25/2021 4:11:23 PM PDT by blam
Detroit residents resoundingly reject the defund the police movement, with around 90% saying they would feel safe with more police, not less, according to a new poll.
They are far more worried about public safety than police reform, and three out of four respondents reject the "defund the police" slogan by leftists, the USA Today/Suffolk University/Detroit Free Press Poll found.
"It's scary sitting in the house, and when you go outside to the gas station or the store, it's possible someone will be shooting right next to you," lifelong Detroit resident Charlita Bell, 41, who was among those polled, told USA Today.
Bell has reason for the fear. Her car was hit by stray bullets during a shopping trip. She didn't even wait around for police to show, she just hurried to the safety of her home, she told the paper, fearing the shooter would return.
Despite the 2020 summer of riots, looting, arson, violence after the George Floyd killing at the hands of a white police officer, the poll found police reform ranked dead last among eight concerns for Detroit residents.
"It's very dangerous now in the city," Melanie Taylor, 50, told USA Today. "I don't even get gas in the city because of all the shootings and the road rage that's going on on the freeways."
Education was No. 1 at 23%, while public safety was a close second at 23%. Just 4% said police reform was the biggest issue for Detroit, the poll found.
The Black residents polled had even a lower emphasis than the entire survey. Just 3% named police reform the top issue. Notably, public safety was No. 1 for them at 24%.
"You have some good cops and then you have some bad ones," Derrick Wilson, 52...
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Then stop voting for Democrats, ya frikkin’ idiots!
Much of those 90% will still vote for radical leftist on the city council who hate the police. All they see is black skin and all they want to hear is what they’ll get for free.
Also, you can’t have a Soro’s selected DA. It’s not enough to just have more cops.
But they keep voting in people who want to defund the Police.
Teachers should focus on reading, writing and math and not all this social justice stuff.
I agree.
90 Percent ,that’s a lot right Democrats
I happen to live in the Detroit suburb. Notice in 2020 Summer you didn’t see the riots breaking out in Detroit like one would have expected years ago. Real detroiters and people from Michigan don’t believe in this b*******.
No former Chief of Police James Craig running as a republican for Michigan governor go Chief Craig!
Tell me, how does it feel to “want”?
Just a bunch of white racists of whatever color. BLM is the authentic voice of the people and BLM says defund the police.
Detroit is still a mess. But former police chief Daniel Craig during his tenure built some bridges between citizens and leadership. The result of which in 2020 when other cities burned, Detroit stayed mostly calm. Chief Craig actually encouraged 2A rights by expressing the viewpoont that everyone who was able should obtain a carry permit.
Not gonna happen with them keep voting for Leftists.
90 Percent Of Detroit Residents Vote For Communists.
Can’t make it any plainer than that.
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