February 2021, the Minneapolis city council voted to add $6.4 million to the police budget. [2]
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/minneapolis-city-council-v...
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/us/minneapolis-police-fun...
[2] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/minneapolis-to-spend-2464-...
The budget for 2020 was never in question, the riots and defund police movement started in the summer of 2020.
City policies were being discussed late in the year, concerning the 2021 budget.
Less resources means slower response times or no response at all.
That wasn't the premise though, the question was whether they defunded and then later refunded when crime was rising.
Above I showed GP that Minneapolis did in fact do this, as did many other cities.
February 2021, the Minneapolis city council voted to add $6.4 million to the police budget. [2]
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/minneapolis-city-council-v...
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/us/minneapolis-police-fun...
[2] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/minneapolis-to-spend-2464-...
The budget for 2020 was never in question, the riots and defund police movement started in the summer of 2020.
City policies were being discussed late in the year, concerning the 2021 budget.