Re: Question for John McAdams

On 12 Mar 2021 00:10:34 -0000, ajohnstone <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Loathe as i am about entering a one-to-one debate but i just have to 
>mention the disingenuous use of polls by John McAdams where he 
>cherry-picked one statistic to misrepresent its findings.
>
>>>>You mean like defunding the police? A majority of blacks oppose that:
>
>>>> https://news.gallup.com/poll/316571/black-americans-police-retain-local-presence.aspx
>
>The Gallop poll did not ask a question about defunding the police.
>
>The Right like to misinterpret defund the police to mean disband and 
>dismantle. Not even BLM advocate such.
>
>Indeed previous polls show only 22% of Black Americans favor abolishing 
>police departments. However, the vast majority believe reform is needed, 
>with upward of 90% favoring specific reforms aimed at improving police 
>relations with the communities they serve and preventing or punishing 
>abusive police behavior.
>
>BLM supporters suggest that city and State financing for law and order is 
>overly generous (much like military and defense spending, i might add) 
>and that takes much needed local budget allocation away from the many 
>social support services which also contribute to lower crime levels.
>
>Defund simply means reducing and redistributing police department 
>budgets. It's estimated that over $115 billion is spent on policing 
>nationwide every year. In 2019, NYC allocated $6 billion to its police 
>department ? a budget that exceeded more than that of the health 
>department, homeless services, youth and community development, and 
>workforce development combined.  In Minneapolis, 35 percent of the city 
>budget is for police. Oakland, Calif. $242.5 million policing costs. over 
>40% of the total city's spending.
>

The "defunding" is pushed by white leftists, with blacks being the main 
victims:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/portland-mayor-looks-to-re-fund-police-with-2m-request-as-homicides-spike-but-council-support-unclear

.John
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