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 …
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“Defund the Police” — Terrible Choice of Words
Regarding the meme here, a reader notes: Cease calling it Defunding. It’s restructuring their purchasing choices. Using their available funds to streamline their efficiency to help, serve and protect their communities. Defunding sounds like lawlessness, ignorance, and spitefulness towards first …
Defunding the Police
Once upon a time, there was a very good idea concerning police reform that centered around the utilization of unarmed professionals to diffuse situations involving non-violent law-breakers. Wherever it’s been implemented, it has shown remarkable results in terms of effective …
How Far to the Right Do You Take the Fight?
Here’s Morgan Ortagus, a well bedecked woman running for the seat in Congress that represents Central Tennessee, who proudly claims that she’s supported by Donald Trump, and wans to distinguish herself as being to the right of her opponent Robby Starbuck …
Chicago To Begin Dispatching Mental Health Clinicians, Not Cops, To Some 911 Calls in Chicago
From the Chicago Sun-Times: For the first time in Chicago, some 911 calls for mental health emergencies won’t be answered by police officers but by mental health professionals paired with paramedics. In one pilot program starting this fall, a paramedic …
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What “Defund the Police” Means
Here’s a conversation on the meme here: Steve: It’s sad that republicans actually think that defund the police means this. Ed: Let me make it simple for you so in LA they took the budget and slashed it by 20% …
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The Slogan “Defund the Police” Couldn’t Have Been Any Worse
When we contemplate the phrase “defund the police,” we need to ask: Could progressives have possibly done any worse in their choice of words? Almost all Americans despise police murders. But “defunding” the police sounds like “disempowering” the police, resulting …
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