'As for whether efforts to “defund the police” caused crime: It didn’t, because it largely did not happen. Something like 13 cities reduced
police budgets in 2020 and 2021 — out of 18,000 law enforcement
departments nationwide. “Defund the police” was arguably more
theoretical than real, and pretty inconsequential to crime rates.'
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