Crime has not increased because of “defund the police”

Our latest working with dozens of ABC journalists coast to coast, a national and local dive into the public record to show how the political talking point that crime is up because police were defunded is false. In the vast majority of places, police spending is up since 2019. https://t.co/50nIPvNl2E

— John Kelly (@jkelly3rd) October 16, 2022