Is violence increasing in St. Louis due to a push to defund the police?
That's the claim from a May 4 Facebook post from the page Survive the Streets: A page for cops. It includes two images of newscasts from different outlets — neither image is dated — and implies that defunding the St. Louis police department is connected to 20 recent shootings.
The top image is labeled as FOX 2 in St. Louis , with a photograph of Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and a quote that reads, "Today’s decision to defund the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is historic. It marks a new future for our city."