Fewer than 1 in 5 support 'defund the police' movement, USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds Sarah Elbeshbishi and Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY Americans' views on race and policing shift as Derek Chauvin trial begins UP NEXT Support to redistribute police department funding has decreased among Americans since August after a summer of protests had erupted across the country against racial injustice and police brutality, a recent Ipsos/USA TODAY poll found. The call to redistribute police budgets stemmed from Black Lives Matter activists and protesters who called to "defund the police" after the deaths of unarmed Black Americans at the hands of police, such as George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.