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'Defund the police' reemerges as wedge issue Julia Manchester © Getty Images Chicago protest on July 24, 2020
Democrats are bracing for another round of calls to "defund the police" even as a bitter debate continues to rage within the party about whether the slogan hurt them in the 2020 elections.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's trial in the death of George Floyd, coupled with a fatal shooting this week of a 20-year-old Black man by police during a routine traffic stop just miles from the courthouse, has renewed frustration over a lack of progress toward ending such killings.
"I am done with those who condone government funded murder. No more policing, incarceration, and militarization. It can't be reformed," progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) tweeted Monday.
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