I stated you have two choices: Go back and read all the past posts documenting the situation in Durham Or wait several days for me to post any additional information So have you completed your review of the crime data yet? Do you agree that it indicates an alarming increase in crime in Durham -- including violent crimes and murders. Let' s provide a couple of 2021 articles to give some context. Durham sets grim record with 44 homicides this year https://www.wral.com/durham-sets-grim-record-with-44-homicides-this-year/19989244/ November 18, 2021 More than 200 people shot in Durham this year, deadly shootings up 37% from 2020 https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-ne...-this-year-deadly-shootings-up-37-from-2020/? Sep 29, 2021 Of course all of this is happening while Durham is actively defunding the police by pulling funds so they cannot hire more officers despite being already desperately shorthanded. Durham pulls jobs from police to fund new Community Safety Department https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/ch...olice-to-fund-new-community-safety-department
Does GWB know this? Maybe that's why he can't provided any evidence that defunding led to an increase in crime.
Did they defund the police? When? What was defunded? You know how proper research works. You refer to it all the time in COVID threads. 1. Did Durham participate in defunding the police? 2. Too what extent? 3. What was defunded? 4. When did the defunding start? 5. Did it end? 6. When? 7. What is the normal crime variance? 8. Did any increase in crime fall within the standard deviation?
And as I noted... then went and pulled this money and more over to fund their "violence interrupters" program. The reality is that the Durham police department is desperately shorthanded.