I’ve been seeing the phrase “defund the police” all over the internet recently. I agree with the values that people are putting forth, but I STRONGLY dislike the phrasing. “Defund the police” and “All cops are bastards” are inflammatory statements that don’t tell the whole story. I hate that as a society we have to put up catchy phrases like this on social media in order to engage people. The phrases are misleading: they should be “all cops who stand by bad cops are bastards” and “defund the police and increase social worker funding”. Most people understand that this is what these phrases ACTUALLY mean, but some americans are taking it to heart. They’re saying “FUCK THE POLICE THEYRE ALL BAD”, or “YEAH, LETS COMPLETELY ABOLISH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT!!!”. Which I think is straight up foolish; obviously there are good people in the police department. Obviously not having a police department is stupid, no country in the world does that.And even when you do understand the complete phrasing, you might not understand the full ideas. “Defund the police and increase social worker funding” still sounds like a bad idea because we won’t have enough police presence to enforce the laws.I would also like to apologize to the people that I lashed out at when I first saw the phrase “defund the police”. It was again because that phrase didn’t tell the whole story, and seemed like a punitive measure that people were taking against the police “yeah the police are being bad so let’s punish them!” It wasn’t until I researched the full story that I understood the meaning behind those phrases. I think a lot of my peers also had this reaction when I asked them about it.And that’s what this post is about. I want to try and explain my understanding of “defund the police”, and why I am (mostly) in support of it. It's too long for Instagram, but please check it out on my blog if you're interested:https://blog.kevinjonaitis.com/2020/06/07/what-does-defund-the-police-mean/