Deva Woodly: For the “nothing happened” after 2020 crowd. Actually something is still happening-changes sparked by movement are ongoing.Police departments are smaller&experiments (yes experiments!)in public safety beyond policing are more funded&widespread than ever.This is actually how durable change is built.

For the “nothing happened” after 2020 crowd. Actually something is still happening-changes sparked by movement are ongoing.Police departments are smaller&experiments (yes experiments!)in public safety beyond policing are more funded&widespread than ever.This is actually how durable change is built.

Hey, look, it's The Minneapolis Reckoning at Slate! slate.com/news-and-pol...

Police Departments Have Shrunk. Crime Is Plummeting. Now What?slate.com New, surprising data has lessons for all sides of the “defund” debate.

Good morning. Thank you for the positive news.

Funny how when there are fewer hammers the less things look like nails. Maybe, when they aren’t trying as hard to make quotas (for funding) it up ends the data for the statistics. 🤔 🤷🏼‍♂️

Thanks for sharing, Deva! Would love to catch up once you've read the book. It's very much in conversation with your terrific book.

I am so excited to read this, Michelle! I’d be delighted to catch up.

They've shrunk? Well, their budgets are higher than ever. And 2023 was the deadliest cop-on-citizen year on record.

Mmmhmm. Yes, that is noted. Cops aren’t better, it’s just better for us when there are fewer of them and when people are materially investing in alternatives to policing.

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