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Celebs Sign On To Defund Police

An open letter making the rounds online is being signed by dozens of celebrities to gut the police forces of cities across the country.


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We've all seen the chaos, violence, and killing that his transpired as police presence in Liberal cities has retreated. 

Yet for some reason, the mega-rich, multi-millionaires that propably don't live in these neighborhoods keep calling to "Defund The Police."

There is an open letter to do just that, which has been signed by countless rich celebrities.

From Insider:

Celebrities including Lizzo, John Legend, and Jane Fonda have signed an open letter pushing for a decrease in police budgets and reallocation of government funding to community programs.

The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of black-rights groups, released the petition as part of their "week of action" from June 1 to 7 to combat racism and police brutality in the US.

The letter points to the deaths of individuals like George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor along with the black communities that have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. The letter states that police brutality and the disease are "connected and consequential to each other," noting that the American government has chosen to invest in police and military rather than healthcare.

"Despite continued profiling, harassment, terror and killing of Black communities, local and federal decision-makers continue to invest in the police, which leaves Black people vulnerable and our communities no safer," the letter reads."

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