Ep. 550 - Police said crime was high because they needed more money. They got the money, but crime is the same and even worse all over the country.

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Out of 12,000+ police departments fewer than 10 lost any money in the past few years. nulltheless, from coast to coast, police blamed the spike in crime on "defunding the police." So city councils across the country poured records amount of money into policing. But guess what? It didn't change a thing. Why? Because police RARELY stop crime. They aren't even great at responding to it. 97% of their time isn't even spent on serious violent crimes. It was all a huge money grab - and the groups and causes and departments that could've really used the money to make a difference are all still struggling.

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0:00.0	Canada is a country home to incredibly welcoming and friendly people.
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0:23.0	Invest in Canada.
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0:30.0	All of us should already know this by now, but police don't stop crime.
0:37.0	It is a rare day in the world when police actually prevent a crime from happening.
0:45.0	Traditionally, normally, in most instances, they respond to a crime that's already happened
0:52.0	and generally speaking, respond well after the fact.
0:57.0	I'm going to unpack and explain why I'm focusing on this because police have now received their biggest budgets in American history.
1:07.0	But the crime is still the same.
1:09.0	Why is that most of you who've been loyal listeners already know my take?
1:14.0	But I'm going to lean in on it now that we are in 2022.
1:19.0	Happy New Year to all of you. It's a new year.
1:23.0	We have a lot of the same problems from COVID and police brutality and so many other things.
1:28.0	But I'm glad we're here together.
1:31.0	Let me talk to you about why I'm going to be trolling police every day of the year.
1:36.0	On how they're basically wasting our money, claiming to be able to stop things that they could never stop in the first place.
1:44.0	This is Sean King and you are listening to The Breakdown.
2:15.0	This podcast is proudly sponsored by BetterHelp Online Therapy.
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