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In reply to the discussion: Merrick Garland just left Josh Hawley in a smoldering heap [View all]Duppers
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Black Lives Matter, Movement for Black Lives, and other activists have used the phrase to call for police budget reductions and to delegate certain police responsibilities to other organizations.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] In Black Reconstruction, first published in 1935, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote about "abolition-democracy", which advocated for the removal of institutions that were rooted in racist and repressive practices, including prisons, convict leasing, and white police forces. In the 1960s, activists such as Angela Davis advocated for the defunding or abolition of police departments.[17] The 2017 book The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale has been called "... a manual of sorts for the defund movement."
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"stood there like a house by the side of the road", yup, a swing and a miss🤣👍
bringthePaine
Feb 2021
#6
You could have left the last 9 words of your post out, and it would still have been just fine.
BobTheSubgenius
Feb 2021
#27
you know of course that the GOP will cry and moan to the heavens if Garland tries to prosecute
LymphocyteLover
Feb 2021
#15
Hawley should be censured, since he supported the insurrection that took place
turbinetree
Feb 2021
#11
Nice, but we should actually reduce police budgets significantly and end police impunity
greenjar_01
Feb 2021
#16
What the EFFIN HELL is that TRAITOR doing sitting on the Judiciary Committee?
msfiddlestix
Feb 2021
#18
I guess we have a different opinion on what a smoldering heap looks and sounds like
msfiddlestix
Feb 2021
#19
exactly. I'm a bit in need of hardball when it comes to words like smackdown
msfiddlestix
Feb 2021
#41