This argument might make more sense if the metrics were time-correlated

In reality, reductions in crime preceded the budget increase – in NYC, and everywhere else in the country https://twitter.com/izengabe_/status/1296805418858090498
Accurate https://twitter.com/mrb0sbach/status/1296809002685403137
Also true https://twitter.com/ifiwasdaking/status/1296806138755907584
I have indeed. There was/is a recent-ish longitudinal study somewhere in my @'s comparing nearby school districts where one had a lead contamination issue, that seemed to support that hypothesis too https://twitter.com/kebesays/status/1296806889762820096
There's ample empirical data, spanning many jurisdictions over many years, showing the sort of expensive daily police harassment @Izengabe_ is cheering on doesn't reduce murder rates

So yes, a violent crime drop in summer is weird in its own right, moreso mid-economic collapse https://twitter.com/quixxxcap/status/1296815593564381192
Let's assume for the sake of argument you're right

Considering police budget cuts hadn't gone into effect at the time those "increases" happened, it sure sounds like an admission that more cops are unsuccessful at crime control

1/ https://twitter.com/quixxxcap/status/1296819257280520193
I don't know what the solution is either, but it sure seems like a good starting point would be spending less money on what is shown to not work, and trying something different

2/2
@QuixxxCap
Me, an idiot: here are 5 peer-reviewed empirical studies, including a metastudy compiling dozens more, showing that Broken Windows policing doesn't work

You, an intellectual: BuT hErE's A bLoG pOst! https://twitter.com/izengabe_/status/1296827519140847617
This is why @RadioFreeTom wrote a book https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1296830135589646339
ok, I'll correct it: a blog post written by a university professor https://twitter.com/izengabe_/status/1296834217729458177
And they're even lower on a per capita basis b/c NYC has grown substantially over that same time window https://twitter.com/partialmitch/status/1296836093782843392
💯 https://twitter.com/coreybowers/status/1296836425267044359
https://twitter.com/chriswb71/status/1296837305802674176
I've got a longer list somewhere for a paper I wrote ages ago, just have to remember where I put it#

There are a *lot* of studies on how poorly Broken Windows Policing worked https://twitter.com/chriswb71/status/1296837471301402625
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