The reason people think defunding the police might work is because American police are overly militarized and people speculate that plays into violence escalati

The reason people think defunding the police might work is because American police are overly militarized and people speculate that plays into violence escalation. Basically, if you give the police way too many guns and armored vans then they might start thinking those are appropriate tools for too many circumstances. Sort of "if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail" type argument. I don't know if it'll work, but that's the idea.