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> Defund the police: budget allocation. Spend more money on social services so police aren’t the only tool in the govt toolkit. Not controversial.

Seems quite apparent to me over the last couple years that it is indeed controversial. Perhaps there wouldn't have been protests, riots, etc. if it weren't.

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Maybe controversial is the wrong term. In the age of historical low crime, perhaps we allocate resources elsewhere shouldn’t be a radical take.

That some folks consider it to be speaks more about them than anything else.

He means “lied about”. He may not know it but that’s what he means.

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