Building A New America With Jonathan Arias.

If you viewed the mass demonstrations of 2020, you might have the impression that the majority of the country supports police reform. If you thought so, you may want to think again.Polls from the Pew Research Center indicate that, while approval for police has declined slightly over the past five years, Overall support for police still remains high But despite this support, ….most people polled regardless of race – about 90% – agreed that police should be better trained in nonviolent alternatives to deadly force.This leads us to the political slogan “Defund the police” … a slogan that has been intensely debated over the past year.    But how many people really know what it means?Will defunding the police lead to chaos and disorder as some voters fear?   And Is this fear being used by certain politicians to prevent serious reform?On the other hand …. Does the slogan mean that funds should be diverted away from police departments and, instead, reallocated to non-policing forms of public safety? Activists use th