“Defund the Police”

The cartoon here is an apt description of what we mean by the phrase “defund the police.”

This may be the worst misnomer in the history of the English language, because it suggests that we neither need or appreciate law enforcement. What we actually mean is not defund, but rather focus, redirect, or concentrate.

Police should be redirected so as to focus solely on stopping criminal behavior that threatens public safety.

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