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I Lived Through Defunding the Police. It Wasn t Pretty | Opinion Sal Albanese
, former New York City Councilmember and Mayoral Candidate On 4/19/21 at 10:27 AM EDT
Video footage of a number of episodes in which police shot and killed unarmed men were widely circulated last week. The images, which emerged as Derek Chauvin s trial for killing George Floyd is wrapping up in Minneapolis, had many, including politicians, renewing the call to Defund the Police, or even abolish the police. Others are promoting significant reduction to public safety budgets and reallocating those funds to social services.
As a New York City Council member representing a couple of South Brooklyn neighborhoods in late 80 s and early 90 s, I lived through a version of defunding the police. It wasn t by choice; due to severe budget restraints by a City facing fiscal problems, the hiring of officers was significantly curtailed. The results were not pretty.
i wish the mayor and ray kelly would have been sitting next to you. new york city councilman, peter vallone. thank you so much. joining me, talib kweli, who sat in the dream defender sit-in in florida. and phillip agnew, executive director of them still sitting in the capitol down there. you re a new yorker, i m curious about your reaction. have you experienced firsthand stop and frisk? all over the world. new york city, japan, last month. i had police stop me. it s hard for people who don t go through it and don t live in neighborhoods where it s happening to understand how degrading it feels. i mean, if we re talking on a constitutional level, you know, we have certain rights and what they re telling people by accepting stop and frisk as a policy, you re telling people because you live in a poor neighborhood, it s your fault and you deserve to be criminalized. that s not constitutional, it s not fair. phil, it s interesting to me, the judge cited the trayvon martin case numerou