Charles Barkley harshly criticized the calls for defunding or outright abolishing the police, arguing that it would only further widen the inequality gap between predominantly white and predominantly Black neighborhoods.
“We need police reform and prison reform and things like that. Because you know who ain’t going to defund the cops? White neighborhoods and rich neighborhoods,” the NBA analyst said Thursday during TNT’s coverage of the Western Conference Finals. “Who are Black people supposed to call? Ghostbusters? When we have crime in our neighborhoods? We need police reform. White people, especially rich white people, they’re always going to have cops. We need to stop that ‘defund’ or ‘abolish’ the cops crap.”
The “Defund the Police” movement is less about getting rid of law enforcement and more about diverting funds away from police departments toward social service programs, as well as non-police forms of public safety. In many cities,...
“We need police reform and prison reform and things like that. Because you know who ain’t going to defund the cops? White neighborhoods and rich neighborhoods,” the NBA analyst said Thursday during TNT’s coverage of the Western Conference Finals. “Who are Black people supposed to call? Ghostbusters? When we have crime in our neighborhoods? We need police reform. White people, especially rich white people, they’re always going to have cops. We need to stop that ‘defund’ or ‘abolish’ the cops crap.”
The “Defund the Police” movement is less about getting rid of law enforcement and more about diverting funds away from police departments toward social service programs, as well as non-police forms of public safety. In many cities,...
- 9/25/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
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