If we just defund (abolish) the police there will be no more crimanals.
What would abolishing police mean as a practical policy matter? Nothing very practical. In The Nation, Mychal Denzel Smith argues that police should be replaced by “full social, economic, and political equality.” Harris-Talley, meantime, has traced policing’s origins back to slavery. “How do you reform an institution that from its inception was made to control, maim, condemn, and kill people?” she asks. “Reform it back to what?” If cities can eliminate poverty through affordable housing and “investing in community,” she believes, the police will become unnecessary. Others argue that cities must simply “help people resolve conflicts through peace circles and restorative justice programs.”
All you need is Marx. Marx is all you need.
Indeed, Marxist theory essentially posits that crime will always be a major issue in capitalist systems, and the need for individuals to commit crime will only subside with the establishment of a socialist system in which the “profit motive would be eliminated, [and] concern for the general social welfare would dominate over selfish privilege and competitiveness,” (Akers & Sellers, 2009; 252). Without this competition driving the need for wealth and success, criminal activity would be reduced to more negligible amounts. If crime results from the labor conditions of capitalist societies, then remove those conditions and crime should decline drastically. The common man will no longer need to steal from the affluent bourgeoisie in order to feed his family because with socialism comes equal ownership of the means of production across all of society. In short, the only solution to the crime problem as defined by Marxist theory involves the complete annihilation of capitalism and the subsequent adoption of socialism.
Back in 2003 “Ace High Flyer” and I spent some time in Minneapolis on a work detail from our employer. We got to tour the area a bit. So different then what we were used too. So flat! Visiting the Mall of America was quite an experience. Another eye opener was driving around Little Mogadishu, where crime was rampant long before Minneapolis burned.
So since the ‘withering away” of the police force in Minneapolis is continuing apace, is crime withering away too?
Carjackings in Minneapolis surge 537% from November 2019
I can’t think of any reason any sane person would want to set foot in Minneapolis or any “Blue city” for that matter.
And it looks like its not going to get any better for the forseeable future.