In Legal Terms: Defund the Police?

In Legal Terms

Protest concerning police actions have taken place all over the country. One of the prominent signs held up was “Defund the Police”. What does that mean? It’s a catchy phrase for a poster but do Americans REALLY think the police should be abolished? Let’s learn from Cliff Johnson from the MacArthur Justice Center – Mississippi.

It’s been a minute since we’ve had someone from the MacArthur Justice Center – Our podcast from April 10th, 2018 with Cliff Johnson profiled the center and its work. http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/5cd2d695f9e59c996625764d

You can also go to their website: macarthurjustice.org/mississippi/

Calls concerned:

• children segregated in preschool
• police target some groups don't target others
• society needs to meet its needs
• protesters blocking right of ways
• small protests
• police should be well vetted
• we need police to do their job
• police are needed

Cliff Johnson mentioned the written works of DeRay Mckesson.

Oxford’s Public Safety spent $15,632,569 out of total city expenditures of $73,666,538 or 21.2% of expenditures for the city.

http://www.oxfordms.net/documents/departments/cityclerk/2018-audit.pdf

Jackson’s Public Safety spent $60,996,096 out of total city expenditures of $159,729,856 or 38.2 % of expenditures for the city.

https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/jacksonms/uploads/2019/09/2018-CAFR.pdf

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