It's comical how, without exception, every Democratic politician who boldly drops the phrase "systemic" or "institutional racism" becomes absolutely paralysed when asked about the police. So great people are seeing through this.pic.twitter.com/O79QyTWMxZ
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Important point here on reforming our politics, chiefly within the Democratic Party: As
@Playerinthgame has noted, the left should be emphasizing "demilitarize the police." That's something even a right-winger could look at and support. "Defund" implies abolition. It won't sell5 replies 3 retweets 10 likes
No rational, reasonable person thinks the larger problem of policing will be fixed quickly or easily. The first phases of reform should be demilitarization plus electing decarceral DAs such as @ChesaBoudin. "Defund" will alienate the suburban swing constituencies who are gettable
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