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A far better slogan would have been "Demilitarize the Police". I do not know why so many people who want police reform want to stick to "Defund the Police" when

• the_snooze 5y ago
  That's a good one. Maybe even demanding "competent police" would be a good aggressive tack. If there's footage of police killing unarmed people in their homes or in broad daylight, then we should absolutely demand more competence and professionalism from them. That puts police unions in a tough spot of not being able to argue against that.
  • shakes_mcjunkie 5y ago
    But that's not what the movement is about. The "Defund the Police" and "Abolish the Police" slogans are based on even "better policing", "community policing", etc. still being incredibly harmful to communities. > If there's footage of police killing unarmed people in their homes or in broad daylight, then we should absolutely demand more competence and professionalism from them This happened so much. Did you see all the videos of police violence during BLM and before and after? I don't think the problem is the slogan.
• ameister14 5y ago
  Except that's not what the police abolitionist movement that came up with the slogan wanted. It was just adopted by a bunch of people that didn't actually agree with it, which is why it doesn't make sense.