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On the topic of police refusing to do their job in order to punish backlash.

https://twitter.com/MplsWard3/status/1267891878801915904

> Politicians who cross the MPD find slowdowns in their wards. After the first time I cut money from the proposed police budget, I had an uptick in calls taking forever to get a response, and MPD officers telling business owners to call their councilman about why it took so long.

>>static+(OP)
That is just evil. That's police using their power as a protection racket. It should be illegal, and the officers involved should be put behind bars.

>>static+(OP)
I have no context on this, but just reading that sentence, why wouldn't a budget cut raise response times? Is there context that suggests they're lying?

>>mehrda+3s
It wasn't an actual budget cut, it was a cut to a proposed future budget.

>>mrkurt+ZK
Huh, interesting. I was presuming the police department propose their budget and then the city alters/approves it as they see fit. If they lower it then that would be fairly accurately described as "cutting money from their proposed budget". Is that different from how it works here?