Minnesota

You wish to be safe? So do most of the non-whites in this nation. They would like to be able to do what you are suggesting as well. They cannot, because of profiling done by law enforcement, which they do to maintain control of those non-white races per their white masters. (And to pad their own profits, but that is another story). Sad, but true. But, defunding the police does not mean our society will just leave the entire concept alone. It will be replaced with something more equitable and much less corruptible. (I won't say non-corruptible, because we are talking about humans here and they will usually find a way to corrupt or subvert anything.) Now, I may be putting words in your mouth, and I apologise if I am, but your position sure sounds like you want more 'muscle'. That would be the only way to be sure you are not attacked. But, when our police forces spent the last several decades convincing the general public that it cannot do anything about any of this, that only our saviors in blue can, you end up where we are. The heroes in blue cannot be everywhere, nor can they solve everything. In fact, they have not been able to even solve the issue of how polarized our society has become over them. When my car has a big enough issue, it is time for a new one. Regardless of how great I think it used to be.