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Don’t overindex on anecdotes. Policing has problems but in general where police in America have retreated, crime has gone up.

This "fact" is really really popular among conservative news, but nobody has hard evidence. Do you have a source?

Doubtful, considering that there were essentially zero places that actually pulled back police.

Look at the arrests numbers and homicide numbers for all of the big cities pre and post George Floyd. Arrests are down, homicides are up.