Bonus: Defund the Police

Minneapolis takes a bold step, announcing it will dismantle the police department that sparked protests nationwide with the murder of George Floyd -- and just like that, "defund the police" graduates from activist rallying cry to viable policy option. For all the handwringing over what the phrase "really means," it's really not complicated: people want their city governments to take resources away from lavishly-funded and unaccountable law enforcement agencies, and devote them instead to emergency responders, social services, schools, and civil institutions that advance public safety rather than wage war on their own citizens. Support Criminal Injustice at $5/month to unlock extra bonus episodes and more on the Members feed: patreon.com/criminalinjustice

You can listen to Bonus: Defund the Police online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Bonus: Defund the Police is an episode from Criminal (In)justice by David Harris.

This episode is 12:35 long.

This episode was published on Jun 10, 2020.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Criminal (In)justice when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.