There’s a significant obstacle to the growing 'defund the police' movement on the left: Democratic politicians in the country’s deep-blue cities
The liberal push to "defund the police" has drawn predictable scorn from conservatives and resistance from more moderate Democrats, including the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Joe Biden.
That stance is at odds, however, with the city council, which has been inundated by the public outcry for police reform. Dozens of public witnesses testified at a six-hour virtual Metropolitan Police Department budget oversight hearing Monday in opposition to increased police spending. In a phone interview, McDuffie told POLITICO the council has been responsive to the public’s suggestions and is “likely” to cut the police department’s budget to reinvest in the community’s priorities, despite Bowser’s opposition. He noted that the council unanimously passed a series of police reforms last week but warned that police reform is only one step in dismantling systemic racism and structural inequities.
"You ask people what does defunding the police mean — you ask three people, you’ll get three different opinions," Los Angeles Mayor Eric GarcettiTuesday. “But I think what is crystal clear to all of us is that we are underfunding black communities — whether it’s economic development, whether it’s education, whether it’s health — and other communities of color.”
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