I understand “defund the police” isn’t the best language, but where was all the outrage when they were defunding education, defunding Headstart, defunding hunger & anti-poverty programs, defunding violence prevention programs, defunding peace projects & defunding social services?

Jun 14, 2020 · 5:05 PM UTC

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Because they want chaos not peace.
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This has to be the best counter to the case that funding is a bad choice of wording ,excellent counter. Spot on Marinne spot on I dig it
Replying to @marwilliamson @LisetteFahrun
Because that cash went to "law and order," instead. Look where We are!
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Why aren't we breaking this down by statistics? In 2017: 457 whites killed by police, 223 blacks, 179 Hispanics, other 44, unknown 84. In 2018: 399 white, 209 black, 148 Hispanic, 44 other, 204 unknown. In 2019 370 white, 235 black, 158 Hispanic, 39 other, 202 unknown. 2020 -
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Or making it legal for healthcare to be run as a for-profit enterprise, which happened under Nixon
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Amen
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👏👏👏👏
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Nothing wrong with the language of defund the police but I agree with the rest of your tweet. Defund the police!
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Marianne. You are beautiful. Thank you.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @BruceStrang2
most people look to the police to protect them from criminals they don't yet see that some of the police are the criminals
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