But the Democrats' solution is to defund local PDs, which will leave a vacuum that can be filled by Federal agents that are more loyal to Washington than local cops
Naturally, this "defund the police" message takes the air out of serious criminal justice reform.
If "the Left," was serious about reforming our prisons, step one would be legalizing marijuana and everybody knows it.
Schumer keeps saying they're going to do it this session but instead the Democrats are pushing through huge spending bills and arguing over which unarmed rioter proves the Reichstag Fire, er, I mean, 1/6 "Insurrection," justifies their rhetoric and attempts to federalize elections
So yeah, actually, despite my argumentative tone I think I agree with everything you said and this is just additional context