BURLINGTON, VT — Nearly two years after the murder of George Floyd, cities around the country were prompted to take a closer look at police budgets. Some called the movement "Defund the Police," ...
Police advocates say that would be a mistake, unraveling law enforcement’s central mission to protect and serve the public. The defund movement is vibrant in many U.S. cities. In June, the Minneapolis ...
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Fla. — Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers is speaking out after county leaders slashed millions of dollars from his budget request. In a four-minute video on social media, ...
The 2020-era defund the police movement is echoing across the nation yet again as Democratic lawmakers and activists decry the Trump administration's efforts to snuff out crime in cities such as ...
Sandy Hudson is an activist, public intellectual, creative, and the author of Defund: Black Lives Policing and Safety for All. In this op-ed, she looks back on the five years since 2020’s “racial ...