July 24 2024
Kamala Harris doesn't think the police keep people safe.
Kamala Harris: "It is outdated and it is actually wrong and backward to think that more police officers will create more safety."
Kamala Harris: "For far too long, the status quo thinking has been to believe that to put more police on the street, you’re going to have more safety. And that’s just wrong. That’s not how it works."
Kamala Harris: "We have confused the idea that to achieve safety, you put more cops on the street."
Kamala Harris: "It is outdated. It is wrong headed thinking to think that the only way you are going to get communities to be safe is to put more police officers on the street."
Kamala Harris: "The status quo has been to determine and create policy around the idea that more police equals more safety, and that's just wrong."
Kamala Harris even applauded Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for cutting police funding by $150 million.