Defunding the police. Makes any sense to you?
I do not understand how this will help anything. This just seems so stupid to me
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Graylight · 51-55, F
First, the term needs to be properly understood. Defunding isn't about taking money away -- that's what Trump is doing in NYC.
It's about frontloading and about prevention. It's saying maybe fewer military-grade swat toys and tanks and maybe more funds allocated to mental health and substance use. Fewer lawyers' fees to defend brutality cases and more spent on education. We have all the weapons; maybe it's time to set up some policing services more akin to the "serve and protect" model of policing rather than para-military organizations here.
Defunding is a restructuring, not a punishment. And it's not a bad thing.
It's about frontloading and about prevention. It's saying maybe fewer military-grade swat toys and tanks and maybe more funds allocated to mental health and substance use. Fewer lawyers' fees to defend brutality cases and more spent on education. We have all the weapons; maybe it's time to set up some policing services more akin to the "serve and protect" model of policing rather than para-military organizations here.
Defunding is a restructuring, not a punishment. And it's not a bad thing.