ON MSNBC's Al Sharpton said Tuesday that defunding the New York City Police Department is an idea "a latte liberal" may advocate, but not by those "Blacker and poorer" who have seen shootings and homicides surge in New York over the summer.
Sharpton's comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" come as the NYPD reported a 166 percent increase in shootings in August compared to the same month last year.
Overall in 2020, New York has seen an 87 percent increase in shooting incidents across the city, with more than 1,000 reported compared to 541 at the same time in 2019.
Sharpton added. "But to take all policing off is something a latte liberal may go for as they sit around the Hamptons discussing this as an academic problem. But people living on the ground need proper policing."
Murders are also considerably up in 2020, with a 47 percent increase reported in August compared to the same month last year.
Comment: DeFunding the police came from demonstrators and looters and those who went to destroy property. Not those of the Hampton. MSNBC should have corrected the record right there and then. Just a thought.
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