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Jun 29, 2021 · “‘Defund the police’ means reallocating or redirecting funding away from the police department to other government agencies funded by the local municipality,” writes University of Maryland sociologist Rashawn Ray in a June 2020 Brookings Institution blog post. “That’s it. It’s that simple.”
Jun 6, 2020 · The solution to police brutality and racial inequalities in policing is simple, supporters say: Just defund police. It’s as straightforward as it sounds: Instead of funding a police...
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Jun 19, 2020 · “Defund the police” means reallocating or redirecting funding away from the police department to other government agencies funded by the local municipality....
Jun 6, 2020 · What does it mean to ‘defund the police’? US police have a history of violence against black people. Will it ever stop? Read more. For years, community groups have advocated for...
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- Sam Levin
In the United States, " defund the police " is a slogan that supports removing funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and other community resources.
Jun 3, 2020 · In congressional budget-speak, to “defund” something normally means to reduce appropriations to zero dollars, thus eliminating it. And there are people, like Brooklyn College...
Jun 11, 2020 · Nation Jun 11, 2020 12:44 PM EDT. As protests over police brutality and systemic racism continue in the wake of George Floyd’s death, there have been growing calls to defund...
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- Courtney Vinopal
