This doesn't prove that cops would've stopped any of these deaths or shootings if they were around. George Floyd died in Minneapolis and this is about Chicago. This quotes a priest in South Side talking about what he claimed people were saying to him. There is nothing here about the what the police were doing when these shootings were occurring.

It's good that this decreased police violence, but it feels odd in its wording, making it sound as if the decrease in crime reports means there is less crime. Minor crimes aren't really worth anyone's time or life. Patrolling for any semblance of criminal activity seemed like asking for bad things to occur. Perhaps crime became less violent because the police or the person committing a crime when confronted with the police wouldn't escalate the situation and make the situation violent. Addressing crime with violence may cause crimes to become more violent. It also can cause police to commit more violent crime themselves.

Correlation is not causation. While it is interesting the occurrences increased when they lost police, there could be a myriad of reasons that this event occurred and the loss of some of the force may or may not be one and may or may not be major contributor. Also, homicide rose by 39% but what does that number mean? How much was it before? How much was it before and after the 39% increase? How do the percentages of violent crime before and after the police forces shrank compare to other years and police force sizes?

This is true for any low wage job and it doesn't mean that those police forces would get less money when the money already isn't coming in for them. Cops making very little money is not the solution to the problem. The drastic amounts of wealth many police forces have that doesn't actually do anything to fix crime or homelessness or the plethora of issues in their communities can be put in places that will solve problems with real solutions rather than violence and imprisonment.

The militarization of the police in turn fosters a battle-ready air to our police forces. They don't really need half the things they are getting from the military considering how little violent crime police are actually called for compared to other types of calls and crimes, but they still use it to enact violence on the communities they are meant to protect. They escalating situations that could've been dealt with with less harm done, but the mindset brought on by the excessive firepower perpetuates violence.