Debate On Defunding Police

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Debate on defunding police. By jack herrera summer 2020 a share on twitter b share on facebook email this story. As case begins against officers involved in george floyd s death activists call for police abolition and defunding. Brendan smialowski afp via getty images. P rior to may 25 the day derek chauvin a white police officer killed george floyd a black man while three.

San ramon city council candidates debate defunding police covid 19 crisis district 1 3 contestants also talk housing county tax measure city s first district based election. Police abolition has entered the 2020 campaign. The call has led. Degan danville san ramon.

Thu oct 1 2020 8 18 am. Governments to defund the police if the purpose of a slogan is to call attention to an idea then the defund the police movement has been a remarkable success. 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. Current debates around defund the police reminds me of an even older contested political slogan black power.

But then you have to look at what would happen if you had defunded the police. On june 16 1966 police in greenwood mississippi arrested student nonviolent coordinating committee chairman stokely carmichael after a dispute over allowing participants in james meredith s march against fear to set up a. Crime rates would rise because the police does not have enough funding and equipment to combat crimes. Us debate about police reform continues.

With defunding explicitly off the table in indianapolis hogsett and council democrats have been focused on other police reforms including proposal 237 which is intended to make policing more. Reporters have some homework to do. At first presidential debate joe biden inadvertently did his campaign a tremendous disservice jason rantz. In response to the police killing of george floyd protestors across the nation have rallied to demands for local.

As protests and calls for defunding or abolishing police spread this year some observers have pointed to the city of camden new jersey as a model for how policing can be.