No we should not defund nor should we abolish the police. This is quite frankly a childish argument. Assuming that just because one cop is bad, the same goes for all the others is a bigoted belief. It's similar as to when an individual has one bad encounter with someone of the other race so their mind believes that the entire race behaves the same way.
The police need intense reform because of their countless and continuous unjust actions against minority groups.
It fails to acknowledge that the 'ACAB' stance is not based on just a few bad cops, but the belief that the police organization is systemically built in a way that encourages or at the very least upholds Bigotry (most prominently Racism, but other examples such as ableism and classism are apart of the system are well). While there is a place for police in society, it is not as an occupying military as they currently are.
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As some cops are bad most are doing good and protecting our civil rights and protecting us from all of the harm America. Has as some cops are bad increasing funding for Cops is key as the good outweighs the bad.
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