Violet Rose in The Rain 
[@Galestorm](/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5343581#post_5343581)
> Yes, well thankfully, I’m not a conservative or a liberal.
Lemme guess, you have a Third Position? I can't wait to hear what it is.
> I’m not saying to straight up believe me btw
I don't have to believe you on anything. Major news outlets and Twitter users were going over Nichol's death and yet you posted about how people "act like it never happened."
Absolutely laughable. I've seen leftists talk about it with my own two eyes, what's your excuse for pretending such discourse never happened?
> I’m no expert on police (obviously) but I think that aggressiveness has only gotten worse since 2020.
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> ABC OTV's analysis of police budget data show police spending has been up in some of the very cities frequently cited by conservative politicians and pundits as places where Democrat leaders' defunding fueled violent crime waves.
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> In Houston, where the homicide rate nearly doubled in 2020 and 2021 before starting to subside this year, local government officials have not cut police spending.
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> They increased it - by nearly 9% (almost $80 million) from 2019 to 2022.
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> Similarly, Chicago police spending is up 15% since 2019. That's almost a quarter billion dollars in new police spending since 2019.
[You really are late to the party, aren't you?](https://abc7ny.com/where-police-departments-defunded-how-does-funding-impact-crime-defund-the-budgets/12324846/)
> Yes, well thankfully, I’m not a conservative or a liberal.
Lemme guess, you have a Third Position? I can't wait to hear what it is.
> I’m not saying to straight up believe me btw
I don't have to believe you on anything. Major news outlets and Twitter users were going over Nichol's death and yet you posted about how people "act like it never happened."
Absolutely laughable. I've seen leftists talk about it with my own two eyes, what's your excuse for pretending such discourse never happened?
> I’m no expert on police (obviously) but I think that aggressiveness has only gotten worse since 2020.
___
> ABC OTV's analysis of police budget data show police spending has been up in some of the very cities frequently cited by conservative politicians and pundits as places where Democrat leaders' defunding fueled violent crime waves.
>
> In Houston, where the homicide rate nearly doubled in 2020 and 2021 before starting to subside this year, local government officials have not cut police spending.
>
> They increased it - by nearly 9% (almost $80 million) from 2019 to 2022.
>
> Similarly, Chicago police spending is up 15% since 2019. That's almost a quarter billion dollars in new police spending since 2019.
[You really are late to the party, aren't you?](https://abc7ny.com/where-police-departments-defunded-how-does-funding-impact-crime-defund-the-budgets/12324846/)