‘Defund the Police’: Democrats Embrace a Radical Anti-Law Agenda
The voices within the Democrat Party endorsing this radical anti-law enforcement agenda are not confined to state and local governments.
June 8, 2020
New proposals to defund police departments are sweeping the nation, with leading Democrat elected officials in America’s largest cities spearheading the effort.
- Minneapolis: “Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council on Sunday announced they intend to defund and dismantle the city’s police department following the police killing of George Floyd.”
- Los Angeles: “On Wednesday, Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles announced that he would cut as much as $150 million from a planned increase in the Police Department’s budget.”
- New York: “De Blasio said during a press conference Sunday that the city would move funding from the New York Police Department to youth initiatives and social services in its next budget.”
The voices within the Democrat Party endorsing this radical anti-law enforcement agenda are not confined to state and local governments. Prominent Democrat members of the U.S. House, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, have vocally supported it.
While President Donald Trump strongly condemned efforts to defund police and highlighted the danger to American citizens that would occur as a result, the Democrats’ standard bearer has yet to do so. Joe Biden has remained notably silent, even as his potential running mates like Rep. Val Demmings open the door to these reckless, extreme proposals.
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