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Gretchen Whitmer On Defunding The Police: “If You Do All Those Other Things, You Don’t Need All The Money Going To The Police Departments … So Yeah, The Spirit Of It, I Do Support That Spirit” (clip)
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Gretchen Whitmer

Name: Gretchen Whitmer

Employment: Michigan

Position: Governor

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02/08/2022 01:02 pm
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UNKNOWN Right on So ░░░░░░░░ s get to obviously ░░░░░░░░ have national uprising that ░░░░░░░░ up across the country ░░░░░░░░ response to police killings ░░░░░░░░ black people and activists ░░░░░░░░ for reform We know ░░░░░░░░ you propose your own ░░░░░░░░ plan with police brutality ░░░░░░░░ a lot of people ░░░░░░░░ calling for the defunding ░░░░░░░░ police departments of reallocation ░░░░░░░░ dollars to community programs ░░░░░░░░ experts say will do ░░░░░░░░ better job of handling ░░░░░░░░ as opposed to overpolicing ░░░░░░░░ I just want to ░░░░░░░░ you what is your ░░░░░░░░ specifically to the defunding ░░░░░░░░ campaigns Whitmer Yeah so ░░░░░░░░ know the spirit as ░░░░░░░░ just articulated is really ░░░░░░░░ re prioritizing and re ░░░░░░░░ community it s not ░░░░░░░░ policing This is really ░░░░░░░░ where do we prioritize ░░░░░░░░ resources You know you ░░░░░░░░ at budgets and they ░░░░░░░░ overwhelmingly focused on policing ░░░░░░░░ correction systems and the ░░░░░░░░ justice system where it ░░░░░░░░ be focused on education ░░░░░░░░ our population the transportation ░░░░░░░░ access to health care ░░░░░░░░ to skills you know ░░░░░░░░ sure that people have ░░░░░░░░ path so they can ░░░░░░░░ a skillset and really ░░░░░░░░ the playing field And ░░░░░░░░ think that s something ░░░░░░░░ we should all be ░░░░░░░░ to get around right ░░░░░░░░ But do you support ░░░░░░░░ defunding Because for example ░░░░░░░░ Minneapolis they re the ░░░░░░░░ City Council is proposing ░░░░░░░░ redo what policing is ░░░░░░░░ specifically do you think ░░░░░░░░ defunding would you be ░░░░░░░░ who supports the defunding ░░░░░░░░ which is to take ░░░░░░░░ specifically from police departments ░░░░░░░░ put them into education ░░░░░░░░ example Whitmer I think ░░░░░░░░ do all those other ░░░░░░░░ you don t need ░░░░░░░░ the money that s ░░░░░░░░ to the police departments ░░░░░░░░ yeah I mean the ░░░░░░░░ of it I do ░░░░░░░░ that spirit of it.”
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