Defund The Police - Minneapolis City Council says 'yes'!

[life on mars]

Thanks for that!

For what it's worth I thought it was interesting to share a real example of a 'defund the police' decision in a city government that goes beyond the headlines, the slogans and the frequent misrepresentation. In this case it is about diverting some resources from police budgets to crime and harm prevention programmes, and to end the 100% protection of police budgets and numbers when the Covid economic crisis is devastating other budgets and programmes. It is also an example of a very wide and informed debate in a major city prior to those decisions being made.

I think the 'defund the police' slogan can be misunderstood, misrepresented or to cover such a range of political views that it risks becoming meaningless. But when it is brought down to practical budget and service choices it clearly means a lot.

I'll take a step back and watch the outcome and anticipated drop in crime statistics .