Has Defund the Police Backfired in New York City?

A former police officer running on a law-and-order platform just won the Democratic primary for Mayor- he carried every borough but Manhattan.

A woman holds up a sign that reads “Disfund Disband No More Cops” outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department. April 14, 2021. (photo: Chad Davis)

During the recent Democratic Party primary to determine who Democrats will run in the upcoming race for New York City Mayor, party progressives got everything they wanted.