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[Scott41theMavs]

Defunding the police means that many of the black lives that matter will be lost with little repercussion for the perps.

I think most calling for the "defunding of the police" are looking to accomplish two things:

1) Break up the power monopoly had by many police departments (this kind of power monopoly exists in my city of Kansas City where the police have no legitimate check and balance to their power and their abuse of power goes unjudged and unprosecuted).

2) Lower the amount of money put into brute and blunt policing and instead move those funds into more specialized efforts (like having trained social workers deal with domestic disputes and drug issues instead guys trained in guns and violence).

I have two nephews who are police officers. Few other occupations in the country can match the police forces' training in respect for diversity and conflict resolution. And trust me, from their stories, sending "trained social workers" into hot domestic situations (as opposed to when things have "calmed down" and it may be way too late) would result in far fewer social workers.

Edit: I do agree with you on the checks and balances.