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Defund the Police? Balancing ‘Social Control’ & ‘Social Investment’ (video)

Defund the Police? Balancing ‘Social Control’ & ‘Social Investment’ (video)

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Pamela Powers
Jul 01, 2020
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What does “defund the police” mean to you?

Following the tragic and unnecessary deaths of George Floyd, Dion Johnson, Rayshard Brooks, Carlos Ingram Lopez and others at the hands of law enforcement officers, there have been calls to “defund the police.”

Often the same people who say “defund the police” also add “that doesn’t mean take away all of the fund…

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