Kamala Harris praised 'defund the police' movement in June 2020 radio interview

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Others, like Harris, framed it as a means of questioning spending on police budgets and investing more in areas like education, mental health services, and affordable housing as essential for creating safer communities.
51% : A Pew Research poll found that just 25% of adults supported reducing police budgets that year and, by 2021, that support had decreased to 15%, with 47% of adults supporting more police spending.
35% : But in June 2020, Harris argued the "defund" movement was correct to examine police budgets, and also talked about police departments needing to be demilitarized.
34% : Despite the nationwide movement, polling showed reducing police budgets remained heavily unpopular, even in 2020. 
32% : "Kamala Harris said issue behind "defund the police" is "to reimagine" public safetyKamala Harris said the "defund the police" movement was a means of questioning spending on police budgets and investing more in areas like education, mental health services, and affordable housing as essential for creating safer communities.

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