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Re:New Records Show the NYPD’s Favored Punishment: Less Vaca... by chipotle_coyote on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:17PM (#27632717)
> Personally I think "defund the police" is a poorly chosen slogan because it is so easily misunderstood

This, many times over -- with the caveat that I haven't been able to think of a more accurate phrase that still fits on a bumper sticker. "Narrow the scope of responsibility for the police and reallocate funding to other resources to handle non-criminal duties" isn't very catchy, but it's closer to what most activists are calling for.

Re:New Records Show the NYPD’s Favored Punishment: Less Vaca... by simonw on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:33PM (#27633016)
Yeah, it's hard for me to whole-heartedly criticize the slogan when the people who have made it stick have thought about this issue (and the way to promote it) a lot harder than I have. It's certainly been effective in spreading the idea!