What Will Happen If We Defund The Police Department

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What will happen if we defund the police department. There is no system in the world that does not get into reform the police discussions and demands after some events. We know for instance that in almost all the school shooting cases somebody had a pretty good idea that this might happen but did not tell anyone or told the police and the police had no. George floyd protests black lives matter police brutality for countless people across the u s the case of george floyd the 46 year old black man who died on may 25 after minneapolis police. Defunding the police doesn t mean we eliminate cops and succumb to the purge oliver said invoking the 2103 horror film in which americans can legally commit crimes one night each year.
And we re watching this now. But when so many emotions and force got behind demands like that then it counts. It needs to be addressed. We ve been talking about reform for all these years and nothing seems to happen said alexander weiss an expert on police staffing.
To defund when activists say that what they mean is taking money away from the police department s budget and redirect it toward other things whether that be social services agencies. The minneapolis city council on sunday announced plans to disband its police department and invest in community based public safety programs following calls from activists to defund the police. Here s what that means. The new orleans police department is often pointed to as a.