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Democrats' choice to endorse and join the "defund the police" movement hasn't worked out well for them (or the rest of America, for that matter).

Several cities across the United States are seeing theft, murder, and other crimes skyrocket; meanwhile, liberal mayors who revoked funding for law enforcement are now seeing the error of their ways and moving to restore police funding. Some Democrat mayors are even going further and working to increasing funding for law enforcement.

Unfortunately, Democrats are not the only ones paying the price of the movement to defund police. It turns out that law enforcement officers themselves are paying the price as well.

According to the National Fraternal Order of Police, attacks against officers have jumped by 91% since 2020.

What to know about attacks against police officers in America

On Thursday, breaking news from the National Fraternal Order of Police furthermore exposed the toxicity and outright deadliness of defunding police.

According to the police organization, 2021 has led to the shooting of 150 police officers; this is also accompanied by 28 police officers executed as a result of gunfire. Moreover, 51 officers suffered shootings in 40 different ambush attacks.

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Amid these attacks against law enforcement officers, Democrats have not apologized for their role in this. Just earlier this week, the White House attempted to claim that Republicans are the party of defunding police; however, when challenged on such a demonstrably untrue claim, press secretary Jen Psaki could not name a single Republican supportive of defunding police.

Meanwhile, Democrats seek to further place a collective target on law enforcement's backs by ending qualified immunity for police. Just like defunding the police, the GOP has come out fully against the removal of qualified immunity.

Loss of police officers in America

The months between April 2020 and April 2021 have witnessed severe drops in police officers. Law enforcement members who opted to retire jumped by 45%; meanwhile, police officers who simply quit their jobs surged by 18%.

The aforementioned data comes in comparison to the prior year.

Across the nation, different law enforcement bodies are reporting record lows in new recruits. The message is very clear: police officers are leaving in droves, as crime surges in direct correlation.