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| | Cities like [[Chicago]], [[New York City]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Milwaukee]] and [[Detroit]] have seen spikes in homicides, aggravated assault and gun assaults this year, according to a July study by the nonpartisan National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice (NCCCJ).<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/crime-spike-minneapolis-effect-police-cuts</ref> Cassell said the end result is 710 additional homicides and 2,800 more shootings in the U.S. And the professor attributes “several hundred” of the deaths directly to the war on police. | | Cities like [[Chicago]], [[New York City]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Milwaukee]] and [[Detroit]] have seen spikes in homicides, aggravated assault and gun assaults this year, according to a July study by the nonpartisan National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice (NCCCJ).<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/crime-spike-minneapolis-effect-police-cuts</ref> Cassell said the end result is 710 additional homicides and 2,800 more shootings in the U.S. And the professor attributes “several hundred” of the deaths directly to the war on police. |
| | {{quotebox-float|“My estimates are that several hundred additional victims were murdered because of a reduction in policing. There are very significant trade-offs that need to be considered here that have truly life-threatening implications if they’re not handled carefully.”}} | | {{quotebox-float|“My estimates are that several hundred additional victims were murdered because of a reduction in policing. There are very significant trade-offs that need to be considered here that have truly life-threatening implications if they’re not handled carefully.”}} |
| | + | [[File:RCP USA.jpeg|right|150px|thumb|The [[Maoist]] [[Revolutionary Communist Party]] endorsed [[Joe Biden]] in the [[2020 presidential election]].<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/9/communists-approve-joe-biden-for-president/</ref>]] |
| | With cities like New York City, moving to defund police by cutting their budgets, or otherwise redirecting funding to social services, this is having an impact as well. | | With cities like New York City, moving to defund police by cutting their budgets, or otherwise redirecting funding to social services, this is having an impact as well. |
| | {{quotebox-float|“In the wake of the antipolice protests surrounding George Floyd’s death, less policing has occurred,” he wrote, saying “law enforcement capabilities have been diminished by reduced funding and other setbacks (such as increased retirements due to demoralization).”<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/09/30/us-sees-710-additional-homicides-and-2800-more-shootings-attributed-to-minneapolis-effect-978986</ref>}} | | {{quotebox-float|“In the wake of the antipolice protests surrounding George Floyd’s death, less policing has occurred,” he wrote, saying “law enforcement capabilities have been diminished by reduced funding and other setbacks (such as increased retirements due to demoralization).”<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/09/30/us-sees-710-additional-homicides-and-2800-more-shootings-attributed-to-minneapolis-effect-978986</ref>}} |
| − | [[File:RCP USA.jpeg|right|150px|thumb|The [[Maoist]] [[Revolutionary Communist Party]] endorsed [[Joe Biden]] in the [[2020 presidential election]].<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/9/communists-approve-joe-biden-for-president/</ref>]]
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| | Former Vice President [[Joe Biden]] won the endorsement of the [[Maoist]] [[Revolutionary Communist Party]].<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/revolutionary-communist-party-endorses-democrat-joe-biden-for-president</ref> which was instrumental in the planning and execution of the 2020 Marxist insurrection, responsible for the deaths of scores of innocent people and police and more than $2 Billion in property damage.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/nationwide-protests-caused-up-to-2-billion-in-property-damage/</ref> The Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) used the death of [[George Floyd]] while in [[Minneapolis]] Police custody to call for “a movement for an actual [[revolution]].” They issued communique #6 titled, “Police murder after murder after murder… To YOU who are sick and tired of the madness, and ready to be part of a movement for an ACTUAL REVOLUTION”: | | Former Vice President [[Joe Biden]] won the endorsement of the [[Maoist]] [[Revolutionary Communist Party]].<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/revolutionary-communist-party-endorses-democrat-joe-biden-for-president</ref> which was instrumental in the planning and execution of the 2020 Marxist insurrection, responsible for the deaths of scores of innocent people and police and more than $2 Billion in property damage.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/nationwide-protests-caused-up-to-2-billion-in-property-damage/</ref> The Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) used the death of [[George Floyd]] while in [[Minneapolis]] Police custody to call for “a movement for an actual [[revolution]].” They issued communique #6 titled, “Police murder after murder after murder… To YOU who are sick and tired of the madness, and ready to be part of a movement for an ACTUAL REVOLUTION”: |
| | {{quotebox-float|“If you’re sick of watching video after video of these murders by police … you need to … join with a movement for an actual revolution, to prepare for a time when it will be possible to lead millions to bring this system down, and replace it with a new society based on the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America.”<ref>https://revcom.us/a/649/communique-6-police-murder-after-murder-after-murder-en.html</ref>}} | | {{quotebox-float|“If you’re sick of watching video after video of these murders by police … you need to … join with a movement for an actual revolution, to prepare for a time when it will be possible to lead millions to bring this system down, and replace it with a new society based on the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America.”<ref>https://revcom.us/a/649/communique-6-police-murder-after-murder-after-murder-en.html</ref>}} |