Defund The Police: What It Means and Why We Should!
If you still aren’t exactly sure what people mean when they say, “defund the police”, Funky Dineva has you covered!
Dineva is an OG YouTube blogger I’ve been following for a while, and I actually found his analysis of the concept very eloquent - yet simple enough for anyone to understand. He is a bit extra, but he always makes a valid point.
In the video, he draws from his own personal experience. “I recently got into a fender bender…and due to the lack of police, they sent public service aide to assist,” he says. “They handled the whole process; writing the report, giving the man the ticket, giving us the court date, the swap of information…And that right there is a real world practical example of defunding the police. It is simply shifting dollars. Therefore, police can shift their focus to things they really should and could be doing.”
“If you've got somebody in the middle of an intersection; in the hot ass sun, with no shirt on - screaming at cars, and screaming at the sun, and screaming at the stop sign…what is arresting them going to do?”
Watch the entire video below.