They did this in the 60's and early 70's during the Civil Rights Movement. What happened was police were partially defunded because of the lynchings and riots, cities burned, companies left places like NYC, Chicago, Detroit, Philly, Miami, etc whichbthen depressed the neighborhoods even more. As a result of the riotting, fires, looting, etc, the Mayors of those cities punished their citizens by raising taxes, limiting first responde services to the worst of the affected neighborhoods, while at the same time passing more legislation that targeted whole "races" which started this cycle all over again. It's been the "militarized" part of [their] fucking platform for 60+ yrs, and yet, most never bothered to figure that part out until now.