Patrisse Cullors - WBUR "Defunding The Police Can Achieve 'Real Accountability And Justice,' Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Says"

wbur | June 3, 2020

“As protests show no signs of halting more than a week after George Floyd’s death, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors says only ‘radical shifts’ can stop law enforcement violence.

While she understands the desire to hold individual officers accountable for their actions,  Cullors says the demand to defund law enforcement and reinvest the money in black communities is what can achieve justice for black Americans.

‘The demand of defunding law enforcement becomes a central demand in how we actually get real accountability and justice,’ she says, ‘because it means we are reducing the ability of law enforcement to have resources that harm our communities.’”

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