Funding the Police

For John, BLUF:  Our former Governor here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis, has come out against the idea of defunding the police.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Defunding the police is ‘nuts;’ Just ask Mike Dukakis

From The Boston Herald, by Reporter Peter Lucas, 11 July 2021, 4:50 p.m.

Here is the lede plus three:

Mike Dukakis, the quintessential liberal Democrat, may be opposed to defunding the police, but nobody on the left wants to know about it.  They don’t want you to know about it either.

Dukakis called the idea of defunding the police “nuts.”

If you have not heard about his comments, which run contrary to the anti-cop rhetoric of Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Eddie Markey, along with those of Rep. Ayanna Pressley, it is understandable.

That’s because the progressives in the Democrat Party and their fellow travelers in the left wing media, don’t want you to know that he is at odds with the accepted views of the nut jobs who have taken over the party he once headed.

The purposes of government include actions to "establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility."  Without the police that becomes the job of the military.  Frankly, that doesn't seem a good substitute for police.  The idea that we should defund the police seems like a temper tantrum with noone thinking about the consequences.  Apparently former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis has thought this through.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff