Claim: Police defunding is to blame for "skyrocketing murder rates" in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Fact-check: Mostly False: claim linking homicides to police budget cuts
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Miriam Valverde
Date published: 2021-05-28T00:00:00