lesbiansandpuns:

politijohn:

Not sure who knows this already but 6 months ago, Denver started having mental health professionals respond to mental health incidents instead of police. Some early data:

• 0 arrests were made among 748 incidents
• 41% of people were taken to a shelter or hospital
• 0 incidents were violent
• 6x a day, police were freed up to work on more serious criminal activity

“Defund the police” materializes through progressive steps like this. We need to pressure more law enforcement agencies to follow suit.

Source, for those interested!