'Defund police' or reimagine safety? Kamala Harris' record on a historic American issue

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : It was against this backdrop that Harris gave the round of interviews about police budgets that are getting new scrutiny today -- on "Good Morning America" but also MSNBC, "The View," "Ebro in the Morning" on HOT 97 in New York and Power 106 with Nick Cannon in Los Angeles.
47% : "When today in America, two-thirds of our public school teachers are coming out of their own back pocket to help pay for school supplies, when we have for generations now been defunding public schools but yet militarizing police departments, we need to have this conversation and critically examine and understand this is not working.
46% : She said the "status quo" belief that more police officers mean greater public safety is "just wrong," and that what American communities needed was investment in public schools, better access to healthcare, more job opportunities and family incomes that last "through the end of the month.
43% : A Gallup poll just weeks after Harris did her round of interviews found that 47% of Americans -- and 70% of Black Americans -- supported reducing police budgets and shifting funding to social programs.
36% : "Harris and Trump hold hugely different positions on American policing.
32% : Trump is using her past remarks to cast her in simple terms as a dangerous proponent of "defunding police," while her campaign is clamoring to remind voters of her prosecutor past and the Biden administration's vast support for law enforcement through COVID-19 recovery aid, including to cities such as Los Angeles.
29% : ""She's always been for defunding," Trump said.
26% : Trump has suggested police need to be more aggressive, has cast doubt on federal monitoring of local departments, and has said he would supply police agencies with fresh military equipment.
22% : At a recent campaign event with Michigan law enforcement officials, Trump accused Harris of being a longtime proponent of the idea, and of wanting to "destroy policemen in general.
5% : Harris -- who is now running against Trump for president -- said in the June 2020 telecast that Trump was "creating fear where none is necessary."

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