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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I would love to change it to abolish & replace the police. How does one fix systemic racist organizations. You can't it's a bad root system that needs to be killed and replaced by a new system without the baggage of suppressing and murdering POC & the working-class
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It’s the best language because it is exactly the solution. Don’t be shy or water it down. We need to defund the police and dismantle the entire institution.
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Preach!
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So agree🤬. You will never hear about these from present administration!
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With @marwilliamson we can always get to the root & give/receive proper guidance: Defunding doesn’t feel good bcs it isn’t the word/act to activate It’s abt cleaning, schooling right candidates, dismantling the bad who are misusing funds Reparations $ comes frm different source
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Love u M, but #DefundThePolice is the correct language. A few years ago they told us don't use #BlackLivesMatter because too "divisive." This is a revolutionary time. We can break police state & divert funds to where needed. It won't happen if we allow moderates to frame debate.
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Defund the police
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Thank you for continuing to be an actual progressive voice!
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I think using the term also casts a light on the very thing you originally said: defunding the police calls attention to how education continues to be defunded. We need to raise the bar on language/conversation/discourse, not lower it like Trump does. 🤷🏾‍♂️
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defund the police union
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