1) We are very close to the Cincinnati Solution in Atlanta.

2) Several years ago there was a police shooting of a black man. All the predictable people came out, demanding an end to police brutality.

3) The Cincinnati Police Union issued a statement:
4) In the future, the Cincinnati Police Department will no longer patrol black neighborhoods.

5) The Cincinnati Police Department will answer 911 calls in those areas only to pick up a body.

6) Crime skyrocketed. Killings skyrocketed.

7) In short order the black community . .
7) contd . . . was begging the police to return.

8) After they did, there were no more complaints about the police.
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