Charles Barkley Slams ‘Defund the Police’ Movement: ‘Who are Black People Supposed to Call? Ghostbusters?’
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Anyone who wants to defund the police should look at what happened when they defunded the public mental hospitals in the 1970s and 80s.
Yes, there were serious problems and abuses, people suffered in those places. The idea was to shut them down and replace forced institutionalization with social supports, outpatient care, and appropriate housing... which never materialized after the hospitals closed. Instead, the mentally ill were abandoned to wander the streets, without support and unable to care for themselves.
Ya think something similar cant happen with defunding the police, and supposedly beefing up alternative services?
We have this moron for president, and somehow people think everyone is equally capable of creating some comfortable life like it's learning A-B-C. The US is the richest country on the planet and treats our citizens like they are acceptable losses, while the far wrong cult lectures how crappy these people are. What an ugly turn this country has taken.
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