@harto For some reason I feel funding those other areas would be why more effective ways to reduce crime.

@sgibsoncraig YA KNOW

@harto I think the outcry we're hearing in response to defunding the police is that it sounds so final and permanent. It sounds like, "THE POLICE GET NO MONEY, SO YOU HAVE TO FEND FOR YOURSELF WHEN CRIME HAPPENS." I wonder if there's a better way to word it so it's more palatable?

@SteferstheGreat Hm... maybe! Here is some more info fyi!

@harto And just think of the personal savings, when you don't have to worry about civil forfeiture. Currently, civil forfeiture (where the police take your stuff, for any or no reason, and don't give it back) robs US citizens more than all burglaries per year.

@harto So the budget spends approximately 300k annually per officer or 230k per officer/staff on wages, equipment, infrastructure etc.

@harto Los Angeles wants to spend about $825 per citizen on the LAPD. My city spends $288 per citizen. I feel like LA is getting a bad deal with their current police force, and should look for ways to improve their spending efficiency.

@harto @tyleroakley imagine a million dollars a year being reallocated to public education... I could cry just thinking about it

@harto @tyleroakley Hey Hannah would u mind tweeting about #JusticiaParaJavierViteri a hate crime where a gay 22 year old was stabbed 89 times !! The attacker was from the military and was accused of it being a failed robbery, no one stabs 89 times for a Tv @tyleroakley @CorinnaKopf @jeffwittek

@harto I honestly can't believe that the police's budget is that MASSIVE. And compared to all the other posts... Really makes you wonder

@harto Defunding police meant a trump will privatize police. We are fucked either way.

@harto Are they even spending any money on schools or education? So sad.

@harto I honestly think that if you invest in the community the need for law enforcement will lessen.

@harto The LAPD already suck, why do they need that much?

@harto @tyleroakley Darn we may actually get healthcare :/

@harto And hey! Maybe social workers are better trained and equipped to deal with a lot of the things that police currently deal with. So maybe, like, we should have more of them.

@harto Wow!! Crime pays someone..smh

@harto Defund fire!

@harto Looks like they put just enough money in the emergency management section to hire someone to take the blame when something goes wrong.

@harto Maybe they'll realize there would be less they need to police when they actually invest in the community 🙃