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Policing terms
Backing the blue, and the fights over it.
Broken windows policing A policing strategy built on the theory that enforcing minor offenses and disorder helps prevent more serious crime. Civil asset forfeiture A legal process by which government seizes property it alleges is connected to a crime, without necessarily charging or convicting the owner. Defund the police A slogan from 2020 calling for reducing police budgets and shifting money to social services, with meanings ranging from modest cuts to abolition. Qualified immunity A judge-made doctrine shielding government officials from personal damages liability unless they violated clearly established law.