A Year After ‘Defund’, Police Departments Get Their Money Back

This article, written by J. David Goodman, was published in the U.S. section of the New York Times. It talks about police departments across the country saw their funding get slashed in response to the killing of George Floyd last year. However, this year, those same departments are getting their funding back in response to rising levels of crime in major cities.

This article utilizes a decent amount of quotes. The author quotes people such as the executive director of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, Chief of Police in Dallas, TX, and a worried barber from south Dallas. The quotes are all fine, and the author presents both sides of the argument through these quotes. As a fan of reading about politics, I enjoyed this article.