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Former President Barack Obama speaks at a Nov. 2 rally as he campaigns for President-elect Joe Biden. | Lynne Sladky/AP Photo
Former President Barack Obama suggested in a new interview that “defund the police” was little more than a “snappy slogan” that polarized many Americans and was ineffectual at producing broader reforms to the criminal justice system in the United States.
In an interview that aired Wednesday on Snapchat’s “Good Luck America,” Obama likened young activists to shoe companies marketing sneakers or musicians promoting their records, arguing that such efforts to galvanize commercial support are “no different in terms of ideas.”
“If you believe, as I do, that we should be able to reform the criminal justice system so that it’s not biased and treats everybody fairly, I guess you can use a snappy slogan, like ‘defund the police.’ But, you know, you lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you’re actually going to get the changes you want done,” Obama said.
"The key is deciding, do you want to actually get something done, or do you want to feel good among the people you already agree with?” he added. “And if you want to get something done in a democracy, in a country as big and diverse as ours, then you’ve got to be able to meet people where they are. And play a game of addition and not subtraction.”
It is such a pleasure to read statements like these from President Obama. Thoughful, insightful, they understand both the complexity of criminal justice refom and the need for a nuanced approach to actually acheiving the gols and reforms a majprity of Americans want implemented. However, defunding the polce is certainy nothing the vast majority of Americans support.
I personally dislike authority and use of brute force as much as anyonbe. But I do not approce of defunding the police. Exactly like most Americans. Democrat and aactivists would do well to listen to te former president and heed his most correct advice.
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