« It doesn’t really matter who is to blame, people will put the blame on the people who started the protests. When we talk about voting and politicians, it is going to be a terrible couple of months coming up until the election. You can’t defund the police until you can fix some inherent problems within the community first. If you get rid of the police now, you will have a much bigger problem than you even have. »
Mike Griffin, senior organizer, Community Change Action
« The burden of proof right now is on the police, to tell us why it makes sens to invest billions of dollars in what they are doing, when we have these recurring problems. After ferguson, we haven’t actually seen a drop in police killings in this country. Even during the pandemic, the one kind of police work that seems to be untouched is police killings. We have had nearly 400 people killed by police in the USA this year. »
Melissa Gira Grant, staff writer covering justice at The New Republic
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