MEDIA_ 'Defund the police' movement finds no takers at heated Capitol Hill hearing

WASHINGTON EXAMINER


'Defund the police' movement finds no takers at heated Capitol Hill hearing


by Kerry Picket, Senior Campaign Reporter | June 10, 2020 06:06 PM


The push by some far-left activists to defund local police departments found no support at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on policing practices and law enforcement accountability.

Wednesday's hearing, in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department, heard from a range of ideologically disparate witnesses, including: Floyd’s older brother Philonise Floyd, former NYPD officer and Secret Service agent Dan Bongino, National Urban League President Marc Morial, co-founder and president of the Center for Policing Equity Philip Goff, and Major Cities Chiefs Association President Chief Art Acevedo.

House Republicans and their invited witnesses described the dangerous consequences of defunding and dismantling local police departments, while Democrats argued more money should be spent on other aspects of public safety, including retraining law enforcement and youth initiatives.

“Removing these heroes from your communities and my community will do nothing but ensure chaos and destruction,” Bongino, a Fox News contributor and host of a radio show, argued in his opening statement. “Police officers are the front lines, putting themselves between the evildoers among us and the honest, hardworking Americans just yearning for some security and prosperity in a small slice of Americana.”

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