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Barr: "Extremely dangerous" to defund the police
From CNN's Emma Reynolds
Attorney General William Barr said defunding the police is “extremely dangerous” and stressed law enforcement agencies actually need more resources to address the concerns raised by protesters in Minneapolis.
“I'm more concerned that the police be adequately funded today and get more resources. A lot of the things we need to do to address some of the concerns people have about what they saw in Minneapolis are going to take some resources. Some of the training that we have to do,” Barr said.
Barr said there are 18,000 law enforcement agencies, and most of them are “very, very small.”
"We have to find a way of training — making sure the training is pushed out," Barr said.
Some background: "Defund the police!" has become a common chant of US activists protesting the death of George Floyd. The calls have multiplied as other instances of police violence against African Americans have come to light. The meaning of the term can depend on who you ask.
Some activist groups want entire police departments dismantled because of what they perceive as institutional racism, and the creation of an entirely different model of community-led public safety.
Others say it's about shifting funds from law enforcement to community-based alternatives.
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