#StayWoke The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire: Defunding Will Not Work, City Finds Itself On The Wrong Side Of History Pursuing BLM Painters And Mass Grave Search Uncovers Possible Find | The Oklahoma Eagle

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#StayWoke The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire: Defunding Will Not Work, City Finds Itself On The Wrong Side Of History Pursuing BLM Painters And Mass Grave Search Uncovers Possible Find | The Oklahoma Eagle

Defunding Will not Work, Defanging Police Will In the aftermath of George Floyd’s grisly death at the hands of Minneapolis, MN police, there was a call to defund the police. That the problems within departments were so prevalent that only their deconstruction would solve the problem. Calmer heads point to reform as the best remedy. […]

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