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In response to "It's kind of ... savvy? I don't think anyone expects Biden to be a radical defund the police guy (that should be done at local levels anyway)" by Reagen

But at the same time it puts a bad taste in the mouth of a lot of people. Sure, they're still going to vote for him and he's really

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Jun 10 '20, 06:57

talking to other people with that opinion.

The left are going to drag him over the coals all day over this and I'm not sure that's the direction he should be going. There has to be better ways and a better message to put out there right now to continue to gain voters without angering so many on his side.

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So "Defund the police" means what it doesn't mean and Biden is the one with poor messaging? -- nm - Max Jun 10, 07:49
police are a local issue. I would rather him focus on providing the funds to allow cities/etc. to change how departments run, and train/hire -- (edited) - tRuMaN Jun 10, 06:58 8
- They have the funds already. They don't need more money, they can easily shift funds once they're no longer being asked to do a number of things - Krusty Jun 10, 07:02 7
  - They do still need funds. It will be more expensive to separate these things out. That's part of why it is what it is. - pmb Jun 10, 07:05 3
    - They don't need the money, they're getting plenty. Other agencies need more money and the work needs to be shifted away from the police freeing them - Krusty Jun 10, 07:11 2
      - those sorts of changes cost money. what agency/department is going to do this? is it integrated into the 911 system? are they setup for 24hr on call -- (edited) - tRuMaN Jun 10, 07:17 1
        
        I think the police have more then enough money to cover yet another community policing initiative and that federal funds should go directly to other -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 10, 07:25
  - But will they? If not, and you put this money out there the requires it be used for those things, perhaps a good? - ty97 Jun 10, 07:04
  - so that isnt defunding the police, its reforming the police and moving funds to increase/develop other services or departments. - tRuMaN Jun 10, 07:04 1
    - It's both. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 10, 07:19

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