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POLICE BRUTALITY: 2021
WHAT DOES "DEFUND THE POLICE" REALLY MEAN?
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AFTER THE MULTIPLE NATIONWIDE PROTESTS REVOLVING AROUND THE DEATHS OF PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE FLOYD, THE CHANT "DEFUND THE POLICE" HAS
GONE MAINSTREAM AND IS NOW COMMON TALKING POINT
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ACCORDING TO BROOKINGS, DEFUNDING THE POLIE MEANS "REALLOCATING OR REFIRECTING FUNDING AWAY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FUNDED BY THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY"-
IN SHORT, IT MEANS LOWERING POLICE DEPARTMENTS' BUDGETS AND INVESTING THOSE FUNDS ELSEWHERE
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A COMMON MISCONCEPTION IS THAT "DEFUND THE POLICE" MEANS "ABOLISH THE POLICE"; THIS IS NOT TRUE.
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WHAT IS POLICE BRUTALITY?
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BIRTANNICA DEFINED POLICE BRUTALITY AS "THE UNWARRANTED OR EXCESSIVE AND OFTEN ILLEGAL USE OF FORCE AGAINST CIVILIANS BY U.S. POLICE"
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT:
MUST KNOWS:
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THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT (BLM) WAS FORMED IN 2013 AFTER THE DECISION IN THE DEATH OF TRAYVON MARTIN'S
COURT CASE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY, CLICK HERE
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THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO "ERADICATE WHITE SUPREMACY AND BUILD LOCAL POWER TO INTERVENE IN VIOLENCE INFLICTED ON
BLACK COMMUNITIES BY THE STATE AND VIGILANTES"
THE MOVEMENT IN 2020:
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ON MARCH 13th, BREONNA TAYLOR WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY LOUISVILLE POLICE OFFICERS IN HER HOME
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ON MAY 25th, GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED BY A MINNESOTA POLICE OFFICER FROM MEDICAL ASPHYXIATION (BLOCKING THE DELIVERY OF OXYGEN) AFTER
THE OFFICER PLACED HIS KNEE ON FLOYD'S NECK FOR EIGHT MINUTES AND FIFTEEN SECONDS-
FLOYD'S DEATH CAUSED UPROAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING WIDESPREAD DEMONSTRATIONS, PROTESTS, AND LOOTING.
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MANY OF THE PROTESTS RESULTED IN THE USE OF FORCE BY GOVERNMENT FORCES, INCLUDING TEAR GAS,
CAUSING SOME INJURIES TO PROTESTERS
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#SAYTHEIRNAMES HAS BECOME AN ADOPTED MOTTO OF THE MOVEMENT. CLICK HERE TO SEE A LIST OF BLACK PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED
IN THE U.S. BY POLICE AND CIVILIANS
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