BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: Duh! Study shows ‘defund the police’ resulted in more killings.

Our new study of 15 major cities including New York City, Chicago, Austin, Portland and Minneapolis found that murders spiked in the wake of the summer 2020 unrest as police pulled back – making fewer stops and arrests.

When policing rebounded in these cities, murders declined dramatically.

Across the 15 cities with a combined population of 27 million and a disproportion share of violent crime, police stops and arrests dropped 40% after May 2020, but have since risen –up 37% from their recent lows in 2021 and 2022.

“Defund the police” is better understood as “More crime against minorities.”