Well, people in blue cities like San Francisco voted in leftists because they promised everything would be free, and for once, they kept their promise.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/san-francisco-shoplifting-retail-cvs-pharmacy-video

The first month of New York City’s new program of sending in social workers to handle 911 calls showed surprisingly positive results.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-city-social-workers-911

One minor caveat: the social workers were allowed to choose which 911 calls they answered. They dealt with only about 20% of the calls, the “easy” ones that excluded suspected violence, imminent harm or a subject who required hospitalization. Or to put that another way: 80% of 911 calls.

Is this really proof that we need to defund police and replace them with social workers, or just that about 20% of the population doesn’t know when to call a social worker instead of dialing 911?

In a related story, it’s been noted that in 2020, the ground zero of the “Defund the Police” movement, Minnesota, set new annual state records for both murders and assaults on police officers in the line of duty. Obviously, they need more social workers.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/minnesota-murder-record-2020-assaults-police-officers