When it works to defund the police

Here’s where a non-policing approach saved lives. 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Lee/The New York Times [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgxAq0P0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA2MTEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTkyOTImbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzA2MjQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgA4tIXhXpQPKxZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) By [Nicholas Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgxAq0P0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA2MTEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTkyOTImbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzA2MjQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgA4tIXhXpQPKxZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Opinion Columnist Some Americans hear “Defund the Police” and imagine a home invasion, a frantic call to 911 — and then no one at the other end. Let’s be clear — that’s not in the cards. But because of those fears, I have reservations about the phrase. It’s catchy and bold, but a poll found only 16 percent of Americans supported it. President Trump clearly sees “Defund the Police” as a political gift to him and the G.O.P., for he has been tweeting about it. Yet the idea behind “Defund the Police” seems to me not only sound but overdue — and that’s the [topic of my column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgxAq0P0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8xMC9vcGluaW9uL2RlZnVuZC1wb2xpY2UtZmxveWQtcHJvdGVzdHMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDYxMSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xOTI5MiZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMDYyNCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKADi0heFelA8rFlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) today. We should seek public safety not only from the policing toolbox but also from every other kind of intervention possible. Yet we’ve turned police officers in some cities into quasi-military forces, even as 3 million children attend schools with police officers but no nurses. Police shootings are a risk above all for young black men, but they should concern people of every complexion. My column notes that a white friend of mine in Oregon had his son shot dead two years ago by police in a hail of six bullets. What Kelly desperately needed was drug treatment, not gunfire. My column [highlights an example](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgxAq0P0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8xMC9vcGluaW9uL2RlZnVuZC1wb2xpY2UtZmxveWQtcHJvdGVzdHMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDYxMSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xOTI5MiZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMDYyNCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKADi0heFelA8rFlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) of how moving from policing to public health to address drug addiction in Portugal has been very successful. That’s a model of “Defund the Police” — but of course we still want someone to answer when we dial 911. [Please read](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgxAq0P0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8xMC9vcGluaW9uL2RlZnVuZC1wb2xpY2UtZmxveWQtcHJvdGVzdHMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDYxMSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xOTI5MiZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMDYyNCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKADi0heFelA8rFlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). 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But there’s been lots of criticism and commentary, and people keep asking me what I think. So here goes. First, I want to pay tribute to the opinion department’s editor, James Bennet, [who resigned after furious debate](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgxAq0P0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8wNy9idXNpbmVzcy9tZWRpYS9qYW1lcy1iZW5uZXQtcmVzaWducy1ueXRpbWVzLW9wLWVkLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA2MTEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTkyOTImbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzA2MjQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgA4tIXhXpQPKxZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) following publication of an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton urging that troops be sent in to end civil unrest. James is an enormously talented and committed journalist who made the opinion department more diverse both in racial/ethnic terms and in ideological terms. James oversaw a fundamental debate about what opinions are appropriate for a serious opinion page, and where the responsibilities fall for a newspaper like this. My instinct is that we should have a broader range of voices, including but not limited to conservative voices. We would understand our country better if we were exposed to more socially conservative voices; readers might also have been less surprised by Trump’s election. Yet it’s also too glib to say that an op-ed page is a marketplace of ideas and we should publish everything. We get far more op-eds than we can publish; we have to choose, and one criterion can be risks of violence or public harm. We don’t want to publish the op-ed equivalent of a cry of “fire” in a crowded theater. 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Yet I would not want to see an anti-vaxxer op-ed because on balance I fear the result would be dead kids. Likewise, there are protesters on the left who believe that violence is the only way to get the system’s attention, but I would not like to see an op-ed advocating the burning of police stations. The Cotton op-ed seemed to me less a thoughtful argument than a flamboyant gesture to his base, with some increased risk of violence. So my take is that while I want to see more conservative views published, I did not think this one met our standards. Lockdowns Saved Lives That’s the message of the research so far. 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The message from Japan is similarly encouraging. And it seems that [two hair stylists in Missouri](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgxAq0P0T2aHR0cHM6Ly9hYmNuZXdzLmdvLmNvbS9VUy9jb3ZpZC0xOS1jYXNlcy10aWVkLW1pc3NvdXJpLWhhaXItc2Fsb24tZXhwb3N1cmUvc3Rvcnk_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA2MTEmaWQ9NzExNDAxMzQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTkyOTImbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzA2MjQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgA4tIXhXpQPKxZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) who were coronavirus-positive worked on 140 clients without transmitting the virus to any; both stylists and customers wore masks. We still don’t have enough data, but it’s plausible that masks and social distancing can be reasonably effective at limiting the virus’s spread. Obviously more research needed. Oh, and am I a hypocrite? On Twitter, a conservative commentator [took me to task](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgxAq0P0TSaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9yZWRzdGVlemUvc3RhdHVzLzEyNzA3NzI0NzI1MjMwMDE4NTc_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA2MTEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTkyOTImbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzA2MjQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgA4tIXhXpQPKxZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) for worrying about the coronavirus’s spread even as I noted proudly on [Instagram](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgxAq0P0TCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9wL0NCQ0VrYWZKcnByLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDYxMSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xOTI5MiZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMDYyNCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKADi0heFelA8rFlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) my mother’s participation in an anti-racism protest. I think that reflects a frustration on the right that public health experts have been demanding lockdowns and business and church closures, even as experts have seemed less outspoken about the risks from participating in protests. I would note that protests are outside, which reduces risks, but I’ve been wondering if there isn’t indeed an element of a double standard. “Defund the Police”; “Reimagine the Police” The term “Defund the Police” may frighten some Americans, but a reimagining of public could be an opportunity to make Americans more safe — from crime but also from drugs, suicide and other social problems that claim many lives. 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