#Defundthepolice. Its a phrase that is controversial. Lets examine it's merits. 1st lets look at a scenario that I'm going to pull out of thin air:
A young man from the lower socioeconomic class graduates from high school.
A young man from the lower socioeconomic class graduates from high school.
He doesn't have money for college or trade school, so he gets a low skilled job paying minimum wage. That minimum wage isn't enough to live on, so he gets another low wage job (#fightfor15). Living on the bottom rung of the "hard knock life" like this is hard on a person.
How many people can make it working 80 plus hours a week for peanuts? So, eventually he hits some more tough times, as is life, he gets fired from one of his jobs (right to work), or he is arrested for Marijuana use (#legalize_it),
gets a DUI, or he gets sick and can't afford treatment (#HealthCare4All), has a family member that he needs to take care of and has to quit a job, perhaps he commits a crime to pay the bills?
Then he is arrested, can't pay bail, so he loses his job while in jail awaiting trial (#bailreform). Or he calls a bail bondsman to take a loan to get out of jail, and now he is further in debt. (#onedayolderanddeeperindebt)
I doubt this story is all that rare in individuals in the lower socioeconomic classes of people. All the while police departments are funded with millions of tax payers dollars that could have gone towards education and healthcare that could have prevented his spiral into prison.
Also, the legalization of Marijuana would not only make money for our economy, it would save money by keeping citizens out of prison. Bail reform would help keep innocent people out of jail for crimes they didn't commit, saving our economy money. #prisonerslivesmatter
Like the old saying goes, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". #DefundThePolice. We need police, we just don't need Robocop.
Just so everyone knows, I'm not late to this party. I've been here for years. 
