Poll: 75% of Americans Believe Defunding Police Has Contributed to Rising Violent Crime

Breitbart ^ | 9 Feb 2022 | KATHERINE HAMILTON

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Roughly 75 percent of registered voters believe defunding police departments is either a “major” or “minor” reason for rising violent crime in the United States, a new Morning Consult/Politico poll found.

The survey, conducted on Feb. 5-6 with 2,005 registered voters and a ±2 percentage point margin of error, found that nearly half — 49 percent — think defunding police departments is a “major reason” for rising violent crime. Twenty-six percent believe cutting funds is a minor reason, and a quarter of those polled do not think defunding police departments have contributed to rising violent crime at all.

The survey results come as Democrats largely back away from the “Defund the Police” movement — polling and overall public sentiment have revealed that slashing police budgets in the name of “equity” and subsequent rising crime, usually in poorer and already vulnerable neighborhoods, is wildly unpopular with voters as the midterms approach.

The Democrat Party, corporate media, and President Joe Biden, not including far-leftists like Rep. Cori Bush (D-MI), in recent weeks, have disowned the very movement they promoted during the summer of 2020 and the Black Lives Matter protests and riots. At the time, far-left activists demanded the defunding of police departments across the United States, with several big-city Democrat mayors and city councils capitulating to their demands.

Democrats in some cities allowed protesters to storm and burn police precincts as a form of “racial reckoning,” and mayors slashed budgets by the millions, often eradicating positions and closing specialized programs. Many of these cities were already struggling to recruit — an issue which has increased drastically, only to be exacerbated by vaccine mandates.

[FoxInSocks]

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize that half of them are stupider than that.”

— George Carlin

[Singermom]

No. Ya think?

[Grampa Dave]

Stress City (Stress Reactivity Report):

Feeling stressed out? You’re not alone. You may share this feeling with every person around you. In fact, you could be a resident of the most stressed out city in America! Think you can guess which city holds this not-quite-desirable title?

If you said Los Angeles, California, you’d be right. According to a poll of over 3,000 residents from different cities in the U.S., Los Angeles is the most stressful place to live. 76% of LA residents feel at least “somewhat stressed” every day. (And with that horrendous traffic, can you really blame them?)

[Vaduz]

This means that 25% are out looting.

[jmacusa]

Work in any capacity in a hospital emergency room as I do and you simply won’t believe the amazingly stupid things humans beings can do.

[logi_cal869]

One of my clients is a hospital.

To say that I’ve gotten an earful would be a gross understatement.