Hi Freddie, it looks like the article you link to in your piece doesn't exactly support your contention that a majority of Black Americans are opposed to "defunding police." The article describes the results of a Gallup Poll conducted last summer which indicated that a majority of Black Americans wanted to maintain the same amount of police presence in their neighborhoods. Of course, this strongly suggests that the more radical notion of "police abolition" propagated by many activists is severely unpopular, but that doesn't mean "defunding police" is itself an unpopular concept. In fact, Gallup polling from last summer indicated that a majority of Black Americans were supportive of reducing police budgets (link below). Now, who knows if those results would remain the same if the same questions were asked today, but I think a lot of Black Americans (and Americans generally) are supportive of some type of extensive police reform. Anyway, I apologize if I'm being nitpicky. Just wanted to provide a small, friendly critique.
Hi Freddie, it looks like the article you link to in your piece doesn't exactly support your contention that a majority of Black Americans are opposed to "defunding police." The article describes the results of a Gallup Poll conducted last summer which indicated that a majority of Black Americans wanted to maintain the same amount of police presence in their neighborhoods. Of course, this strongly suggests that the more radical notion of "police abolition" propagated by many activists is severely unpopular, but that doesn't mean "defunding police" is itself an unpopular concept. In fact, Gallup polling from last summer indicated that a majority of Black Americans were supportive of reducing police budgets (link below). Now, who knows if those results would remain the same if the same questions were asked today, but I think a lot of Black Americans (and Americans generally) are supportive of some type of extensive police reform. Anyway, I apologize if I'm being nitpicky. Just wanted to provide a small, friendly critique.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/315962/americans-say-policing-needs-major-changes.aspx