What 'Defund The Police' Actually Means — BLM Co-Founder Speaks Out!
Last weekend demonstrators protested near the White House in Washington over the death of George Floyd and walked on the words – ‘DEFUND THE POLICE’ – which were painted in bright yellow letters on 16th Street.
Black Lives Matter – once started as a hashtag in 2013 – is NOW a multi-racial coalition advocating for systematic change in law enforcement. Alicia Garza – co-founder of Black Lives Matter talks to NBC’s Chuck Todd on MEET THE PRESS about the nationwide protests on police abuse:
When we talk about ‘Defunding The Police’ – what we're saying is invest in the resources our communities need so much of anything right now is generated and directed towards the quality of life with homelessness, drug addiction, domestic violence...in order to address this issue but we need to do is increased funding for housing. We need increased funding for education. We need increased funding for quality of life of communities that are over-policed and over-surveillance.
Millennials and BLACK LIVES MATTER advocates – I ask you:
WHY ‘Defund The Police’ when we should be investing in MORE education for law enforcement training?
The US Bureau of Justice Statistics in a 2013 study found that, on average, police officers across the country receive less than six months of basic training, slightly more than the 20-week average that is legislatively required.
To put this into perspective – one college credit equals 37.5 hours of actual time.
CCS family – Where are you at with Defunding the POLICE?
Former Women's March leader Linda Sarsour wrote on Twitter last Sunday that "defunding police" means:
Take cops out of schools, out of dealing with mental health crises, out of addressing homelessness, etc. Then when you do, you take the resources and put them towards social workers, mental health services, housing, etc.
