Defunding the Police
All right, now we start delving into some of the bigger concepts, now that we've gone through the basics, and manners. This is definitely just a taste of this subject, there is so much out there that you can research on your own.
Ok, this is a big one. First off, I don’t care if you don’t like the term. Or if you think it doesn’t explain the idea enough. That’s the term that was chosen, and that’s what we’re sticking with. It’s our job to explain it to other white people, so get over it.
Defunding the police does not mean we will have no system of policing in this country. It does not mean anarchy and chaos. Policing in this country was set up as an element of slavery. People were hired to capture escaped enslaved people and return them to their captors. Today, it is used to continue harassing Black and brown communities while protecting and coddling white neighborhoods.
Police in this country also have a lot of duties assigned to them that aren’t truly police work. The idea behind defunding the police is to remove those functions from policing and give them to more qualified people. Think mental-health-related issues, drug or alcohol issues, etc. Why are jails being used as detox centers? This is well outside the realm of police-work. This will actually keep police safer, in the long run, for those of you “Blue” lives matter fans. It will create more jobs for people, too. It’ll allow for things like rape kits to be tested in a timely manner, and at all.
There is a lot online that you can research about it, and I recommend that you read more, because it’s not the terrifying idea you think it is.
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