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JonLP24

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11. Blame it on the cops who killed George Floyd
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 02:49 AM
Jun 2020

The movement to defund the police has been supported by activists for decades.[6] In June 2020, the "defund the police" slogan gained widespread popularity during the George Floyd protests.[7] Black Lives Matter, Movement for Black Lives, and other activists have used the phrase to call for police budget reductions and to delegate certain police responsibilities to other organizations.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] While the slogan became popularized in 2020, the movement to reduce police presence in communities has been supported by activists and intellectuals for decades.[6][14] In Black Reconstruction, first published in 1935, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote about "abolition-democracy", which advocated for the removal of institutions that were rooted in racist and repressive practices, including prisons, convict leasing, and white police forces. In the 1960s, activists such as Angela Davis advocated for the defunding or abolition of police departments. The End of Policing, written Alex S. Vitale, was published in 2017, and it has been called "... a manual of sorts for the defund movement."[15][16][17][18][self-published source]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defund_the_police

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Defund tRump. marybourg Jun 2020 #1
Seriously? murielm99 Jun 2020 #2
Not really JonLP24 Jun 2020 #3
...which is not "defunding" brooklynite Jun 2020 #16
What do you think Barbara Lee means? JonLP24 Jun 2020 #17
I don't CARE what she "means". brooklynite Jun 2020 #18
Defund the police is a local issue and several cities are following suit JonLP24 Jun 2020 #20
Which is not "defunding". brooklynite Jun 2020 #21
"I don't CARE what she "means"." melman Jun 2020 #24
So you think Biden should advocate a losing policy? brooklynite Jun 2020 #33
Loaded question melman Jun 2020 #34
Yes melman Jun 2020 #7
Any candidate trading in the word "Defund" needs to be De-selected. It's an incredibly inappropriate OnDoutside Jun 2020 #4
Barbara Lee is great JonLP24 Jun 2020 #5
Gabbard ? OnDoutside Jun 2020 #13
I don't think Gabbard was in office for the votes JonLP24 Jun 2020 #14
It's actually good and right melman Jun 2020 #6
For Republican ads perhaps, otherwise self inflicted stupidity, but OnDoutside Jun 2020 #12
Uh melman Jun 2020 #23
You should be thankful they're on our side this time, one can only OnDoutside Jun 2020 #25
They're not on our side melman Jun 2020 #29
They want Joe Biden as President, and want the Democrats to win the Senate as well OnDoutside Jun 2020 #30
Rick Wilson's greatest hits melman Jun 2020 #31
They're nasty feckers, but are taking it to Trump & Republicans EVERY single day. The best the far OnDoutside Jun 2020 #32
trump and the republicans are already using this as a campaign issue. Most of us have started.... George II Jun 2020 #22
Exactly. You have to wonder sometimes whether those who think OnDoutside Jun 2020 #38
the core mistake that politicians make, imho, is worrying how their words mopinko Jun 2020 #35
No, words matter, and the connotation of defund is less money for OnDoutside Jun 2020 #36
they are picking up the people's words. that always wins. mopinko Jun 2020 #39
That's activists words, not "people's" words. The people spoke in March when they gave a resounding OnDoutside Jun 2020 #40
YES!!!! The Pentagon budget is one of the biggest reasons we can't have nice things. (nt) scarletwoman Jun 2020 #8
There's always money for bombs Bettie Jun 2020 #27
It could definitely use some "fat trimming". smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #9
Incredibly poor timing on Ms. Lee's part, IMO. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #10
Blame it on the cops who killed George Floyd JonLP24 Jun 2020 #11
Excellent reasoning. murielm99 Jun 2020 #15
+1 ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #19
Yep, don't say it, do it. You have to wonder about the motivations OnDoutside Jun 2020 #37
There is a lot of that budget that could be Bettie Jun 2020 #26
We spend what the next 7 countries do COMBINED SoonerPride Jun 2020 #28
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