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NY Times op-ed clears up 'Defund the police' confusion: 'Yes, we mean literally abolish the police'
Fox News ^ | June 12 2020 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn

Posted on 06/13/2020 1:46:36 AM PDT by knighthawk

A New York Times op-ed published Friday attempted to make clear what "Defund the police" actually means.

Since the May 25 death of George Floyd, police reform has been debated by lawmakers and elected officials across the country. Some of the most vocal protests have been pushing a "Defund the police" movement, a mantra that was notably painted on a street just steps from the White House.

However, that has sparked a debate within itself as to whether that slogan is a broad description of police reform or if it truly means the end of police in America.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abolishpolice; defundpolice; mariamekaba; nytimes

1 posted on 06/13/2020 1:46:36 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk
To quote General McAuliffe at the Battle of Bastogne: Nuts!
2 posted on 06/13/2020 1:51:41 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: knighthawk

Can we start with Wray’s mob? I can support that.


3 posted on 06/13/2020 1:59:17 AM PDT by NTHockey (My rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: knighthawk

They should clarify whether the Leftist issue of “income inequality” means incomes should be equal.


4 posted on 06/13/2020 2:21:38 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is solving the world's problems only to distract us from Russia.)
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To: knighthawk
GOOD!! ABOLISH the Police in these Blue Cities!! MOGADISHSU's ALL OVER THE US!

EVIL DEMOCRATS dont want to be arrested for their criminality!

5 posted on 06/13/2020 2:25:22 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy
and then, there's this ...
6 posted on 06/13/2020 2:34:15 AM PDT by knarf
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To: knighthawk

The New York Times, home of polysyllabic morons incapable of rational thought.


7 posted on 06/13/2020 3:15:15 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: knighthawk

Do it. Take all police out of NYC. Get rid of 911 too since there will be no one to send out. Also get rid of Ambulances and Firemen. Ambulances are full of expensive stuff. Would you turn your back on the gangs while administering narcan? The gangs would steal the stuff, kill the workers and torch the truck. With no police protection what’s to stop the criminals from taking over.

Do it. take it all away.


8 posted on 06/13/2020 3:46:03 AM PDT by Singermom
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Solution to this foolish push:

100% blue-flu. Even 911 until the anarchy touches the elected. Don’t return until there is a WRITTEN AND PUBLIC decree to NOT de-fund or reduce the police forces.

Holding hostage can work both ways.


9 posted on 06/13/2020 3:50:25 AM PDT by USCG SimTech
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To: knighthawk

Fine. Stop protecting the NYT and watch the mobs of feral street savages invading the building, and not knowing what a newspaper is, trashing the building, soiling it, and rushing out cuz no flat panel TVs.


10 posted on 06/13/2020 4:38:54 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Never forget Justine Damond, murdered by a NON-WHITE, NON-CHRISTIAN cop. (Oh, and no riots))
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To: knighthawk
Truck Drivers Say They Won’t Deliver To Cities with Defunded Police Departments
11 posted on 06/13/2020 4:40:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: knighthawk

When Leftists claim “defund the police” doesn’t mean “defund the police”, then internal polling must be very bad. They chose poorly.


12 posted on 06/13/2020 5:05:36 AM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: knighthawk

Link to the NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html


13 posted on 06/13/2020 5:40:17 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: knighthawk

NY Times still in the state of confusion,denial and propaganda.


14 posted on 06/13/2020 9:47:23 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Pollster1

https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/soros-justice-fellowships?fellow=mariame-kaba

She’s part of the Soros open society group


15 posted on 06/13/2020 9:50:47 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: knighthawk

If the BLM movement thinks their neighborhoods will be served better by social activists and local citizens taking responsibility for peaceful living in those neighborhoods, why did those folks not stop the looters who were burning down those neighborhoods and black owned businesses.

If they didn’t move to stop them, were they in effect supporting the looters by their silence and inaction.

No excuses. Cowboy up and show up when it’s time to grow up.


16 posted on 06/13/2020 4:20:27 PM PDT by wildbill (The older I get, the less 'life in prison" means to me)
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