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On the recordJuly 25, 2024
Defund the police. The issue behind it is that we need to re-imagine how we are creating safety and when you have many cities that have one-third of their entire city budget focused on policing, we know that is not the smart way and the best way or the right way to achieve safety. This whole movement is about rightly saying, we need to take a look at these budgets and figure out whether it reflects the right priorities. For too long, the status quo thinking has been, you get more safety by putting more cops on the street. Well, that's wrong.
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Kamala Harris
Democratic · California

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Kamala Harris discusses the need to re-evaluate police funding and safety measures.

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