End of defund police era? Crime, prosecutorial crackdown in blue and purple states signals shift, experts say

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : This has... been 10 years of progressive, quote-unquote reform, police reform, criminal justice reform.
42% : The ACLU of Northern California described it in a press release as "part of a broader conservative strategy in California and across the nation to roll back criminal justice reforms aimed at interrupting the cycle of mass incarceration of Black and Brown people.

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