The Case For Defunding the Police

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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This episode contains strong language. Several major U.S. cities are proposing ways to defund and even dismantle their police departments. But what would that actually look like? Guest: John Eligon, a national correspondent covering race for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: In protests across the country, pleas for changes in policing have ranged from reform to abolition. Some proposed measures include restricting police use of military-style equipment and requiring officers to face strict discipline in cases of misconduct.Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council — a veto-proof majority — pledged to dismantle the city’s Police Department, promising to create a new system of public safety.

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0:25.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow.
0:32.6	This is the Daily.
0:35.6	Today, several major US cities are now proposing ways to defund and even dismantle their police
0:49.6	departments.
0:51.6	John Eligo, on the thinking behind those plans and what they might look like in practice.
1:03.2	It's Tuesday, June 9.
1:13.9	In the early days of the protests after George Floyd was killed, it was just pure emotions
1:21.1	in raw rage.
1:26.4	But pretty soon once the more fiery protests and fiery unrest died down, then we started
1:32.5	seeing the organizers come in and talking about what they want.
1:36.7	One thing we quickly saw were these face masks that people were wearing.
1:41.6	They were black and they had yellow writing on them and they said, defund police.
1:45.8	And from there you start hearing these calls at protests, at rallies.
1:52.0	You start hearing defund the police.
1:57.8	You start hearing calls to abolish the police.
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