The Minneapolis City Council has already stated publicly their end goal is the complete dismantling of the police force. Council president Lisa Bender said, “We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety.” In an interview with the Minneapolis Star Tribune she said she would support shifting from a traditional police department to a wider public safety department oriented toward violence prevention and community-based services. In that kind of scenario, it’s possible that social workers or medics could respond to some calls now being handled by police.

They are not alone. Politicians and pundits on the Left around the country are also calling for the defunding and dismantling of police forces, replacing them with various sorts of civilian community organizations.

As Rahm Emanuel frequently quoted, "Never let a good crisis go to waste."