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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4536348" data-attributes="member: 48469">From CNN last week:<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/what-is-defund-police-trnd/index.html" target="_blank">There&#039;s a growing call to defund the police. Here&#039;s what it means</a>“Does defunding the police mean disbanding the police? That depends on whom you ask, said Philip McHarris, a doctoral candidate in sociology at Yale University and lead research and policy associate at the Community Resource Hub for Safety and Accountability.Some supporters of divestment want to reallocate some, but not all, funds away from police departments to social services and reduce their contact with the public to reduce the likelihood of police violence.Those seeking to disband police consider defunding an initial step toward creating an entirely different model of community-led public safety.The concept exists on a spectrum, and the two aren&#039;t dichotomous but interconnected. But both interpretations center on reimagining what public safety looks like -- shifting resources away from law enforcement toward community resources, he said.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4536348, member: 48469"] From CNN last week: [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/what-is-defund-police-trnd/index.html']There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means[/URL] “[SIZE=5][B]Does defunding the police mean disbanding the police? [/B][/SIZE] That depends on whom you ask, said Philip McHarris, a doctoral candidate in sociology at Yale University and lead research and policy associate at the Community Resource Hub for Safety and Accountability. Some supporters of divestment want to reallocate some, but not all, funds away from police departments to social services and reduce their contact with the public to reduce the likelihood of police violence. Those seeking to disband police consider defunding an initial step toward creating an entirely different model of community-led public safety. The concept exists on a spectrum, and the two aren't dichotomous but interconnected. But both interpretations center on reimagining what public safety looks like -- shifting resources away from law enforcement toward community resources, he said.” [/QUOTE]

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