Do any of our party leaders support the Defund The Police movement?

[Kaleva]

[msongs]

1. what does defund the police actually mean nt

[Kaleva]

3. I understand it to mean transfer money from the police budget to social programs

[The Magistrate]

2. Probably Not, Sir --- Certainly Not Under That Slogan

That slogan is box office poison.

'Police the Police!' is what people are in the streets for, and what a great bulk of the people support and want to see.

[Kaleva]

4. So what are some worried about here since none of our leaders endorse such a movement?

[The Magistrate]

5. It Has Been Picked Up As A Propaganda Point By The Enemy, Sir

It is used to smear Democrats, because the most radical voices are always held to be the responsibility of Democratic politicians. So time is wasted, and effort is wasted, dealing with the ritual of the press asking 'Do you support de-funding police?' It is simply a distraction, and like so much of academic radicalism, serves the enemy better by far than it does the left.

[Wounded Bear]

6. No, but I'm sure they're all in on Police reform...

Congress can't really "defund" local police forces anyway.

But they can set regulations and laws pertaining to standards.

[Sneederbunk]

7. Words meant to excite such as defund Obamacare and defund Social Security.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. Not using that language

I believe they are generally in support of the general aims of the movement, which is to reform the police, hopefully move some more things to community services. "Defund the Police" reads and sounds to a lot of people as getting rid of police altogether, which is something that few people will actually support. Not even Sanders supports it under that kind of terminology.