“The Movement Has Been Hijacked’: Black Communities Increasingly Defending Police

For months now there have been calls in all the major riots around the country to defund the police as a solution in the wake of the death of African-American George Floyd.

Many locals feel the only thing keeping their communities safe during these times is the police.

Aug 21, 2020 Three days after his 29-year-old son was shot and killed, Keith Harris joined a group of residents who clashed with protesters during a demonstration outside the Chicago Police Department's Seventh District station in the Englewood neighborhood.

The turbulent confrontation last week pitted demonstrators seeking to defund the police against crime-weary residents who say they want the department to better serve them.

An increasingly vocal number of business owners, community leaders and residents say they are tiring of calls to defund police departments, viewing protesters largely as outsiders unwilling to do the hands-on work, they say is required to improve Black communities.

Black leaders in other cities have pushed back against activist demands to shrink or abolish police departments.

Policing is a basic element of a democratic society, defunding it will mean a slippery slope towards pure anarchy.

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