The calls to defund or dismantle the US police force altogether have become a leitmotif during the protests over the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African…
On Monday, House Democrats introduced The Justice in Policing Act of 2020, legislation that makes it easier to prosecute police for misconduct, bans chokeholds, eliminates unannounced police raids, and addresses the racism issue. The sweeping police reform bill was proposed by the Dems a day after Minneapolis lawmakers pledged to disband the city’s police force.
This year has seen the lowest crime numbers in our Country’s recorded history, and now the Radical Left Democrats want to Defund and Abandon our Police. Sorry, I want LAW & ORDER!
The ongoing protests and pleas to defund the police originate from « the persistent inequality before the law that African Americans confront on a daily basis », according to David Goldfield, the Robert Lee Bailey professor of history at UNC Charlotte.
« Violence under the cover of legality is nothing new to the African American community », the historian says. « It existed during the slavery era, during the Jim Crow period, and continues today. The key difference now is that we have cell phones that record the assault and murder of our fellow citizens and social media to spread the alarm. This is a technological change that will hopefully result in a social change ».
“Defund” means that Black & Brown communities are asking for the same budget priorities that White communities have already created for themselves: schooling > police,etc. People asked in other ways, but were always told “No, how do you pay for it?”So they found the line item.
However, Edward Maguire, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Arizona State University, deems that « the defunding campaign feels good » to some Americans as they have got very emotional amid the uprising.
