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Actor Morgan Freeman Breaks with Progressives, Smacks Down ‘Defund Police’ Movement, Refuses to Demonize Cops
Savage Takes ^ | October 11, 2021 | Staff

Posted on 10/12/2021 8:32:41 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com

Legendary Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman is known for supporting leftists in politics.

He donated $1 million to a pro-Barack Obama Super PAC in 2012.

He endorsed Joe Biden in 2020.

However, Freeman isn’t afraid to speak up about his beliefs, even if it means rejecting the radical left-wing agenda of many Democrats.

While promoting a new film about an unarmed Black man being killed by police, Freeman did an interview with Black Enterprise’s Selena Hill.

“I’m not in the least bit for defunding the police,” Freeman said.

“Police work is, aside from all the negativity around it, it is very necessary for us to have them and most of them are guys that are doing their job,” he continued.

“They’re going about their day-to-day jobs,” he said.

“There are some police the never pulled their guns except in rage, that sort of thing,” he added. “I don’t know.”

The movie is titled “The Killing Of Kenneth Chamberlain.”

Co-star Frankie Faison agreed with Freeman. Faison plays the man shot by police.

“Well, I agree with Morgan,” Faison responded.

“I’m certainly not in favor of defunding policemen.”

Other celebrities, such a left-wing Hollywood actor Will Smith, have disagree with Morgan Freeman.

Will Smith supports the “defund the police” movement, but suggested it should be promoted in a different, less threatening way.

“Defund the police” turns people off, Smith argued.

“‘Defund the police’ doesn’t get it done, no matter how good the ideas are,” he continued.

“I’m not saying we shouldn’t defund the police,” he continued.

“I’m saying, just don’t say that, because then people who would help you won’t.”

He added: “I would love if we would just say ‘Defund the bad police.’”

Many people outside of Hollywood who hope to help poor communities have actually called for more police, not less.

Less police would likely hurt poor communities disproportionally because they have less access to private security and protection.

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Faison did add that Hollywood stars are “treated a little differently by law enforcement than people who are just of ordinary walks of life.”

“I would like for that to stop, I would like for us all to be treated equally,” Faison said.

Earlier this year, Freeman and a criminal justice professor donated $1 million to the University of Mississippi to establish a Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform.

“Look at the past year in our country – that sums it up,” Freeman said in June. “It’s time we are equipping police officers with training and ensuring ‘law enforcement’ is not defined only as a gun and a stick. Policing should be about that phrase ‘To Serve’ found on most law enforcement vehicles.”


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1 posted on 10/12/2021 8:32:41 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

“If you want to end racism, stop talking about it.” - Morgan Freeman.

“There’s no such thing as ‘Black History’, there’s just ‘History’” - Morgan Freeman...................


2 posted on 10/12/2021 8:35:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

This is why I am convinced “movie stars” are the stupidest people on earth.

It seems to take them ages, if they ever do, to realize the consequences of the destructive ideology they promote


3 posted on 10/12/2021 8:37:22 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com
Black Enterprise’s Selena Hill

Imagine starting a media company called White Enterprise.

4 posted on 10/12/2021 8:37:32 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

This guy is as far left as they come. He is always making statements to that effect. So this is a surprise.


5 posted on 10/12/2021 8:40:10 AM PDT by Revel
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Doesn’t he realize in order to usher in the “Worker’s Paradise”, you need to destroy the current system of government. You do that by targeting law enforcement. He needs to get on the same script as all the leftists.


6 posted on 10/12/2021 8:42:50 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Morgan Freeman has made some very bad political decisions, like contributing even a thin silver dime to Odungo. He has permanently tarred himself as “not to be watched” for me. If he makes a strong effort to actively work to correct his error, I might consider watching anything with him in it again. That’s “might”. He has a very long road to forgiveness for me.


7 posted on 10/12/2021 8:43:25 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Revel

He just wants to sell movie tickets. He’s as BLM lib as they come.

Will Smith and his wacko kids are disgusting.


8 posted on 10/12/2021 8:45:29 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Well, this is nice.

Maybe next he could make a movie about black children killed by random stray shots from black gangbangers. Or black students being bullied for getting good grades. Or black drug dealers with a dozen abandoned children.


9 posted on 10/12/2021 8:45:31 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

He did commercials for Shrillary. He has a lot to apologize for.


10 posted on 10/12/2021 8:53:49 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Morgan Freeman affable Mississippi delta black man made it big

But.....isn’t there always one?

Freeman has been rumored and accused by many family members of sleeping with his 45 years younger granddaughter when she was a mid teen in his home where he raised her

She was as a mid 20s woman viciously murdered by her boyfriend in Manhattan ...stabbed scores of times on camera

That’s a disturbing accusation at least to me.

Freeman likes the ladies...can’t fault him there as I understand that...but the rest is bad


11 posted on 10/12/2021 9:05:08 AM PDT by wardaddy (Fear Republic land of grumps and scolds peppered with good folks .....empathy always in short suppl)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

In the late 90s, a black PR buddy invited me to a closed premier of a Freeman movie here in Denver. We stood outside to welcome him upon arrival with my friend who was to escort him inside. He got out of the limo and eyed about six crazed black female fans behind the ropes. Morgan went directly to them and shook each of their hands, asking their names, and hugged most of them. They were so excited. As the only white guy there, I was completely ignored by him. It didn’t offend me, though... I thought he did exactly the right thing as it meant the world to those girls.


12 posted on 10/12/2021 9:11:23 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: wardaddy

... because of your post, my story posted just below yours has now taken on a new perspective by me. Ha!


13 posted on 10/12/2021 9:13:55 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Red Badger

He understands that there is no such thing as “No Police”.


14 posted on 10/12/2021 9:24:36 AM PDT by beef (The Chinese have a little secret—diversity is _not_ a strength.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Make no mistake, Morgan Freeman is a die hard MARXIST.


15 posted on 10/12/2021 9:27:59 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

I guess the Biden administration’s stupidity is finally taking noticeable bites out of the Hollywood economy?


16 posted on 10/12/2021 9:30:08 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Revel

VERY surprising


17 posted on 10/12/2021 10:34:15 AM PDT by SMARTY (Republics decline into democracies & democracies degenerate into despotisms. Aristotle)
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