#264 What Does It Really Mean To "Defund” The Police?

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Today on the Betches Sup podcast, Amanda and Bryan debrief from a second weekend of protests across the nation, and run through how policymakers are meeting demonstrators’ demands. They explain how Minneapolis hopes to “dismantle” its police department, actions Congress is taking, and run through the various ways activists refer to police reform. What does it mean to “defund” vs “abolish” the police? Finally, they explain why evidence-based approaches to reducing law enforcement presence in communities aren’t nearly as radical as they sound. Thanks to our sponsors: RoboKiller: Stop spam calls 2020. Head to robokiller.com/sup on your mobile device now to download the app and get RoboKiller free for 7 days. Sunbasket: Right now, Sun Basket is offering $35 off your order when you go to SunBasket.com/SUP and enter promo code SUP at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Betches Media presents.
0:02.0	I like beer. I don't know if you do. You like beer, senator, or not?
0:05.0	My party is going bet shit crazy.
0:07.0	Agh!
0:08.0	You're the puppy.
0:09.0	Alternative facts.
0:10.0	Oh goodness. The Betches Up Podcast.
0:13.0	America!
0:15.0	Hello and welcome to the Betches Up Podcast. I'm Brian Russell Smith.
0:20.0	And I'm Amanda Doberman.
0:21.0	And the Betches Up Podcast is your daily round down of all the crazy news happening
0:26.8	today.
0:27.8	Amanda, let's get into it.
0:28.8	Seriously, literally just day by day.
0:31.8	I mean, can you imagine going back we've been talking
0:34.4	about this internally but going back to a Monday Thursday can you imagine if
0:38.3	after the end of today we didn't talk about the news again until Thursday it would be
0:42.2	I know I know I was thinking about that too I
0:46.4	like the amount of stuff that is just constantly happening every single day it's
0:51.8	I think that's why I like it because we do we are able to touch on everything
0:55.3	where it's like normally on a Thursday we would all have to kind of get rid of our
0:59.4	darlings because like something super that we all really wanted to talk about on Tuesday like by
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