During the summer of 2020, the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others created a movement that unearthed a reality that Black people in theJalila Jefferson-BullockJelani Jefferson ExumSocial Science Electronic Publishing
As more celebrities call for defunding the police in the wake of George Floyd's death, Natalie Portman revealed she was hesitant to support the movement at first. In a candid message she posted to Instagram on Monday, the "Thor" actress explained to fans the difference between...
Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, said defunding the police means reallocating those funds to support people and services in marginalized communities. Defunding law enforcement “means that we are reducing the ability for law enforcement to have resources that harm our...
Meanwhile,Mandela Barnesis also refusing to take a stand against the ‘defund the police’ movement. In a televisioninterview,Charles Blowasked Barnes, “How do you feel about the slogan and the idea behind ‘defund the police’?” Barnes dodged the question, gave a bogus word salad response,...
President Joe Biden heralded this movement in his 2022 State of the Union address, saying, "The answer is not to defund the police. It's to fund the police. Fund them!" -- a line that drew bipartisan applause. Perception versus reality A few cities did try to reallocate police spending...
"We still haven't heard from Joe Biden himself on the radical 'Defund the Police' movement in the Democrat Party," Murtaugh said in a statement. "It would have been the simplest thing in the world to stick his name on a statement, but he didn't even do that." ...
Brian Marvel is the president of the Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC). Tags defund the police movement Joe Biden Law enforcement police funding police reform Qualified immunity Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be publ...
Defunding Police AgenciesThis article contextualizes the police defunding movement and the backlash it has generated. The defunding movement emerged from the work of Black-led activistsSu, RickO'Rourke, AnthonyBinder, GuyoraSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
POLICEThe Black Lives Matter movement reinitialized the global debate about a fundamental reform of police forces. One of their aims is to withdraw resources from the police apparatus (defunding). In contrast to this approach, actors from traditional civil rights movements pursue the goal of...