13387658, RE: Agree! Posted by Damali, Sun Jun-07-20 01:14 PM
>Defunding the police will not help black people.
You have no way of knowing that. Defunding the police would not happen in a vacuum. The reallocated funds would go toward the very community resources that you mention below that have been severely underfunded in most major cities.
Putting money >in community resources is being done at the highest level in >DC. Doesn't make it any easier to get a Federal job or a DC >job.
Therefore there are clearly other measures to put into place in conjunction with defunding the police. This does not negate it.
But I will >just sit on the sidelines until more information becomes >available.
Good idea. You don't know enough about it to critique it.
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