> there was a defund the police movement in 2020

There was a decent amount of _talk_ for some time by mostly fringe figures. What major police departments were in _any_ way defunded by any stretch? None. Not one.

> along with decriminalization of “urban camping” around the same time

Again, where and exactly how?

What actually happened is largely that conservative news spent the year talking up crime and blaming the non-existent increase on their favored political foes.