American Vet wrote:
"So if defunding the police isn't the answer," the host asked, "what do you plan to do with your resources?"
Johnson said he would be putting more money into the "areas of need," such as improving youth employment rates, and moving towards a "treatment not trauma" response to situations that warrant less force.
"First responders, social workers, counsellors, EMTs," Johnson said. "These individuals would show up to calls that require those types of interventions." He pointed out that in Chicago, 40 percent of all 911 calls were mental health crises.
"We're asking police to do their job and someone else's," he added. "That's not strategic."
Johnson went on to explain that to pay for his plans, he'd be raising taxes on businesses and the wealthy.
Similar tactics have been used in other American cities, such as Portland, which varying results. Critics have pointed out that in many cases, those experiencing mental health crises are violent as well, and thus police are necessary.
https://thepostmillennial.com/newly-elected-far-left-chicago-mayor-says-no-new-cops-will-send-social-workers-to-some-911-calls
Johnson went on to explain that to pay for his plans, he'd be raising taxes on businesses and the wealthy.
Spoken like a true democrat!!!!!
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