Defund the police
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In the United States, "defund the police" is a slogan advocating for reallocating funds from police departments to non-policing forms of public safety and community support initiatives, such as social
"Defund the police", a phrase popularized by Black Lives Matter during the George Floyd protests
Protester in Minneapolis on June 11, 2020
A protester calling to defund the NYPD during the Daunte Wright protests in New York City
Black Lives Matter
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Black Lives Matter is a decentralized political and social movement that aims to highlight racism, discrimination and racial inequality experienced by Black people in the United States, and to promote
Defund the police
…starting in May 2020. According to J Wortham, the slogan was popularized by the Black Visions Collective shortly after the murder of George Floyd. Black Lives Matter (BLM), the Movement for Black Lives, and other activists have used the phrase to advocate for reallocating police budgets and delegating certain…
Black Lives Matter protest on September 20, 2015, against police brutality in St. Paul, Minnesota
A Black Lives Matter die-in over rail tracks, protesting police brutality in Saint Paul, Minnesota (September 20, 2015)
A "Hands up!" sign displayed at a Ferguson protest in August 2014
Black Lives Matter demonstration in Oakland, California, December 2014