here. he won campaigning on crime fighting. bringing back plainclothed antigun police units. brian brown was not on the ballot but managed to win defeating a self declared democratic socialist. walton ran on defunding the buffalo police dipietro. visitors wrote in brown s name and electing him instead. i think it clearly is a rebuke of defund police. it is a rebuke of socialism. and i think there were those from outside the city of buffalo that underestimated the buffalo community. they tried to come in and tell us who to vote for, and the people fought back and we won. in minneapolis where the defund the police movement began after george floyd s murder last summer, voters tuesday rejected a proposal to abolish the police