June 16, 2020

CNN: There’s a growing call to defund the police. Here’s what it means

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/what-is-defund-police-trnd/index.html

There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means

2020-06-06 00:00:00, Scottie Andrew, CNN

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/Law & Government/Public Safety/Law Enforcement

Word Count:
1092

Words/Sentence:
19

Reading Time:
7.28 min

Reading Quality:
Adept

Readability:
13th to 15th

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With the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police and nationwide protests demanding reform, Minneapolis officials announced their intent to defund and disband the city's police force altogether.

Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, said defunding the police means reallocating those funds to support people and services in marginalized communities.

Some supporters of divestment want to reallocate some, but not all, funds away from police departments to social services and reduce their contact with the public to reduce the likelihood of police violence.

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 department, a sizable chunk of a city's budget is invested in communities, especially marginalized ones where much of the policing occurs.

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