• Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), who has repeatedly called for defunding the police, has seen skyrocketing crime in the Northern Bronx part of his district.
• Bowman, a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist who joined the far-left Squad with Rep. Cori Bush, (D-MO), upon their swearing-in last January, has been vocal about his support for dismantling the U.S. criminal justice system.
• “A system this cruel and inhumane can’t be reformed. Defund the police, and defund the system that’s terrorizing our communities,” Bowman tweeted the month after his election on Dec. 29, 2020.

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