Sorry but "Defund the Police" is just dumb messaging

[DallasNE]

101. It Has All Of The Appeal Of Fingernails On A Chalkboard

But right now the police union is so powerful that there is no civilian control over police matters. The arrogance shows in the disrespect the police show to the civilian population that they are free to choke at will, mace at will or drive their cruisers into protestors without fear of consequences. Reform has been tried before - community policing is an example. But the police union is a huge barricade to the process. Any reform to have success must brunt the power of the police union. Only then can you hope to get a handle on the deplorable tactics we see on display on a daily basis. And, yes, racism in the ranks is a big part of it and that goes to police recruiting where they either fail to identify those personality traits or actually seek them out disguised as something else.