NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's announcement makes it clear that 'defunding the police didn't work out so well'

One year ago, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was among those pushing for cuts to police budgets and slashing the number of officers:

De Blasio plans to cut NYPD budget by $1 billion as NYC shootings spike https://t.co/YsGCMphy5L pic.twitter.com/qJZxLq0FRt

— New York Post (@nypost) June 29, 2020

De Blasio is slashing the NYPD budget by a billion dollars. Good luck, New York City. pic.twitter.com/XinVXX3E44

— Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com (@stillgray) June 29, 2020

And how did that work out? Here’s what the mayor announced this morning:

#BREAKING: Mayor Bill de Blasio says: "We are going to flood the zone in Times Square with additional officers." pic.twitter.com/CMu4UtjMjB

— Forbes (@Forbes) June 28, 2021

How many lives have been lost and businesses ruined just because politicians like Bill de Blasio insisted on helping forward the Left’s anti-police narrative?

“dEfUnD tHe pOliCe”

— Keith Ciliotta (@Keith__Ciliotta) June 28, 2021

long way from ACAB https://t.co/RsrbzlIL8e

— Pinny Skete (@_skinnypete_) June 28, 2021

Apparently 'defunding the police' didn't work out so well. https://t.co/Fr38qf5kk2

— Mike LaChance (@MikeLaChance33) June 28, 2021

Maybe tourism doesn't come back for decades. NY has earned that.

— Edgernr (@BlernDirk) June 28, 2021

Unreal.