This is an example of some really terrible reporting by @MartinKaste at @NPR, in which the Defund Police movement is completely erased and replaced by pro-police #copaganda. iowapublicradio.org/2020-12-09/pol… @NPRCrimJustice
Just the title betrays a false choice at the center of the maligning of the movement. People want safety through real investments in community resources, not more police or police reform. But this perspective never makes it into the piece.
Even the "expert" on policing is director of the Int. Assoc. of Chiefs of Police. The shocking conclusion: don't defund the police, reform the police. researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/engelrs
Kaste also trots out the ridiculous claim that violent crime is up because of protests against police. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…
Kaste made a decision not to interview a single person demanding non-police solutions to crime or a single expert who wasn't providing a police centered perspective. He is a crime reporter whose world view is completely shaped by the police. He has lost any critical perspective.
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