Minneapolis, ground zero of “defund the police,” is on pace for its 2nd highest annual murder rate this year.
The year-over-year increase alone (30, just through the first 11 months) is more than the *total* number of unarmed people in the city killed by police since 2000 (28).
The year-over-year increase alone (30, just through the first 11 months) is more than the *total* number of unarmed people in the city killed by police since 2000 (28).
Stat on that last one based on data compiled by @StarTribune data, linked here: m.startribune.com/fatal-police-e…
Officer involved killings are tragic and complex. But the way that we talk about addressing them has become increasingly unmoored from the data, which is bad.
As a whole, I think conservatives should be a lot more empathetic to the types of concerns that animate distrust of and a desire to “defund” the police. But people like Rep Omar just aren’t acting in good faith, and people are dying as a result.
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