As crime surges across the US, liberal cities are seeing the 'consequences' of Defund the Police: Bratton

Former Los Angeles and New York City police Chief Bill Bratton said Thursday that major U.S. cities, which originally embraced the Defund the Police movement, are beginning to acknowledge the 'unintended negative consequences' of their reforms as crime rates surge across the country.

Bratton said that while the political "pendulum" surrounding policing had swung so far to the left it was almost "coming off the scale," now it is returning to center. "Do the police need to reform? They certainly do, but you can’t spend most of your time trying to criminalize the activities of the police and decriminalize the activities of the real criminals."