Judge Nap: Call to Defund Police Is ‘Serious Overreaction’ to George Floyd’s Death

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NAPOLITANO: "What could go wrong? Well, let’s start with somebody is breaking in your house and you call 911 and nobody comes because there is no police department. This is a serious overreaction to the tragedy of George Floyd’s death and the other tragedies that preceded it. Most city charters, Minneapolis is one, New York is another, are required, the city — liken the city charter to the Constitution of the city. It is the authority under which the city governs. City charters require the cities to have police departments. So you can’t just not have it. You want to give it another name? You want to call it the constabulary, which is what it was once called in New York 120 years ago, you can change the name. You want to put restraints on the police from abusing their power? Of course can you do that. And you just heard the Attorney General, there should be those constraints. He is quite right.”