Some thoughts on police:

America absolutely needs more spending on social programs!

But if you compare the US to Europe, it’s simply not the case that police spending is what’s stopping us — we need to tax the rich and spend more money.

https://www.vox.com/2020/6/18/21293784/alex-vitale-end-of-policing-review

There is a *lot* of evidence that police presence reduces crime, and simply pointing to low clearance rates doesn’t rebut this.

https://www.vox.com/2020/6/18/21293784/alex-vitale-end-of-policing-review

It is perverse to conclude that reform can’t or won’t work when the extremely mild reforms that have been adopted post-Ferguson have had benefits and when tons of very obvious reforms have not yet been done.

https://www.vox.com/2020/6/18/21293784/alex-vitale-end-of-policing-review

Last but by no means least, you should be wary of people who are this sloppy in handling causal inference.

https://www.vox.com/2020/6/18/21293784/alex-vitale-end-of-policing-review