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Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19
Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19
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To the ones we lost 19 years ago and their families, we remember. Today we honor you and the first responders that protect our communities. We’ll #NeverForget.
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N.Y. GOP Rep Says Trump Administration Withholding Funds From FDNY 9/11 Health Program Is 'Disgraceful'Comment
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If you did some "unbiased" research you would discover that defunding the police isn't what you think it is.
Although I'm almost 100% certain that you already know what it actually is and you are falsely claiming people want to dissolve police services.Comment
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Ah, the spin doctor has arrived to inform us the "defunding" the police doesn't really mean "defunding" the police. And the protests aren't violent...they're MOSTLY peaceful.
CNN isn't exactly unbiased but lets roll the dice and see what they say...what the hell.
(CNN)There's a growing group of dissenters who believe Americans can survive without law enforcement as we know it. And Americans, those dissenters believe, may even be better off without it.
The solution to police brutality and racial inequalities in policing is simple, supporters say: Just defund police.
It's as straightforward as it sounds: Instead of funding a police department, a sizable chunk of a city's budget is invested in communities, especially marginalized ones where much of the policing occurs.
The concept's been a murmur for years, particularly following the protests against police brutality in Ferguson, Missouri, though it seemed improbable in 2014.
But it's becoming a shout. With the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police and nationwide protests demanding reform, Minneapolis officials announced their intent to defund and disband the city's police force altogether.
Does defunding the police mean disbanding the police?
That depends on whom you ask, said Philip McHarris, a doctoral candidate in sociology at Yale University and lead research and policy associate at the Community Resource Hub for Safety and Accountability.
Some supporters of divestment want to reallocate some, but not all, funds away from police departments to social services and reduce their contact with the public to reduce the likelihood of police violence.
Those seeking to disband police consider defunding an initial step toward creating an entirely different model of community-led public safety.
The concept exists on a spectrum, and the two aren't dichotomous but interconnected. But both interpretations center on reimagining what public safety looks like -- shifting resources away from law enforcement toward community resources, he said.
It also means dismantling the idea that police are "public stewards" meant to protect communities. Many Black Americans and other people of color don't feel protected by police, McHarris said.
Why defund police?
McHarris says divesting funds can begin the process of ending the culture of punishment in the criminal justice system. And it's one of the only options local governments haven't tried in their attempts to end deaths in police custody.
Trainings and body cameras haven't brought about the change supporters want.
McHarris grew up in a neighborhood where there were "real, discernible threats of gun violence," and he said he never thought to call the police -- that was for his own safety. Instead, he relied on neighbors who helped him navigate threats of danger.
What if, he said, those people could provide the same support they showed him on a full-time basis?
To explain why he supports the idea, Isaac Bryan, the director of UCLA's Black Policy Center, points to history: Law enforcement in the South began as slave patrol, a team of vigilantes hired to recapture escaped slaves. Then, when slavery was abolished, police enforced Jim Crow laws -- even the most minor infractions.
And today, police disproportionately use force against black people, and black people are more likely to be arrested and sentenced.
"That history is engrained in our law enforcement," Bryan said.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/what-is-defund-police-trnd/index.html
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Yes please tell us All of the roits in Long Beach
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MY poor spelling?Originally posted by BillyCarpenterComment
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