I understand the critique of #DefundThePolice as a slogan, what I don’t understand is that it’s critics never say what they would do instead. “It’s a bad slogan, so let’s leave policing as it is” is a thousand times worse than any slogan.
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I think it’s an unwise slogan because it miscommunicates. Less $ for police wouldn’t have saved George Floyd, Breonna Taylor or Philippe Castille etc. It alone doesn’t get to the core problem: corrupted police culture & inadequate training. #ReformThePolice sounds better to me.
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Reform won't do it, we've been "reforming" them since 1890, and damn little has changed.
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Replying to @7leaguebootdisk @cenkuygur
I don’t remember a #ReformThePolice hashtag ever being used on a massive scale. Maybe that’s just me. And reform goes much deeper than money. The training is inadequate and police culture is infiltrated by some very dangerous forces. Way more than defunding is needed.

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Replying to @marwilliamson @cenkuygur
I don't think it did, and things have gone back and forth, but they've always been bad. We need to replace them with several different services, few of which have the skills of the current police.