Hollywood Celebs Demand We ‘Defund The Police’; LA Mayor To Cut $150M From LAPD To ‘Reinvest’ in ‘Communities of Color’

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Hollywood celebrities including Natalie Portman, John Legend and Lizzo are demanding that society "defund the police" as a response to "systemic racism."

Hollywood celebrities including Natalie Portman, John Legend and Lizzo are demanding that society “defund the police” as a response to “systemic racism.”

The latest political initiative from Hollywood might be its most dangerously insane yet.

In support of the radical racial and social justice initiative Black Lives Matter, a growing number of A-list celebrities are signing an open letter demanding that police forces in the United States be defunded as a response to “police brutality” and “systemic racism.” 

The news comes as Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday evening that the City of Los Angeles will cut up to $150 million from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and “reinvest” the funds in the local black community.

This is bigger than just a budget, but I want you to know we will not be increasing our police budget — how can we at this moment?” Garcetti asked.

We all have to step up and say: What can we sacrifice?Racial justice,” he said, was “worth sacrificing for.”

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has announced cuts to policing of up to $150 million in response to the protests.

Eileen Decker, president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, spoke during Garcetti’s presentation, and estimated the cuts to policing at $100 million to $150 million.

Newsbusters report: The left claims that these societal ills caused the death of George Floyd at the hands of officer Derek Chauvin, an event that has led to nationwide protests. Though these protests, all done in the name of Black Lives Matter, have devolved into destructive rioting in many places, thus elevating the need for more police. 

The irony of this initiative is especially potent with the recent news of the slaying of retired African American police captain David Dorn.

According to entertainment outlet Us Magazine, the “Movement 4 Black Lives” – a “coalition of more than 100 organizations representing black communities” – authored the letter which called for money to be pulled out of police forces across the country. The coalition viewed that “repurposing the money for positive resources” like “education, healthcare” and various “community programs” will “create a better future for all.”

Black Lives Matter promoted the celebrity-endorsed letter on June 2, or “Blackout Tuesday,”  a music industry-wide shutdown of business aimed at spreading awareness of the societal injustices that they claim have debilitated the African American community for decades. 

In addition to Legend, Lizzo and Portman, Empire star Taraji P. Henson, lefty diehard Jane Fonda and rapper Common provided their signatures to the letter, as did U.S. Women’s Soccer star Megan Rapinoe. Other famous people like Chrissy Teigen, actress Blake Lively, and musician The Weeknd have donated to the Black Lives Matter cause. 

Teigen has even donated $200,000 in bail money for people arrested in raucous protests, again, rendering the need for more police on the streets to deal with the continuous wave of protesters.

Despite the volatile protest situation in the U.S., Black Lives Matter and “Movement 4 Black Lives” cofounder Patrisse Cullors was undeterred in her enthusiasm to deplete police budgets. She told Variety, “one of our central demands right now is defunding law enforcement, reallocating those monies that it has received throughout the years and giving it back to the communities.

Cullors assured readers that her movement is focused on “a world rooted in the care and love and humanity for every human being.” And look, we would never lay blame for the deadly riots at her feet, but the very fact that the BLM effort has devolved into riots is evidence that human nature is not going to peacefully exist in a happy-go-lucky place without law enforcement.

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry is a writer at The People's Voice. He covers politics, business and entertainment. Speaking truth to power since he learned to talk, Baxter has travelled in over 80 countries and won arguments in every single one. Live without fear.
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13 Comments

  1. I’ve got maps to distribute to the looters and rioters to help their cause – its a map of Hollywood listing the homes of all the stars. Lots to redistribute there and the stars all support y’all, so go for it!!!

    • Naw man, defund those traitorus oath breaking police. Then our communities can form local militias and we can take care of it ourselves. Which is how it should be anyway.

  2. Helter Skelter in the Hollywood Hills Those sumner knights in those sumner hills .Grant them their wish ,lest we forget Sharon’s baby. Open the gates to hotel californication.

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