'''Defund the Police''' is a liberal [[Democratic Socialist]] slogan to stir racial tensions arising out of the [[2020 Leftwing insurrection]]. The DNC used the slogan as a fund raising scheme to imply [[African American]]s support lawlessness in an effort to stem the tide of Blacks leaving the openly racist [[Democratic party]].<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/biden-black-lives-matter-defund-the-police/</ref> Caitlin Johnstone calls it, {{quotebox|"textbook liberal manipulation used to steer the [[revolution]]ary [[zeitgeist]] into an impotent conceptual tar pit for another few years while the [[prison]] bars are reinforced."<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2020/06/18/the-killing-of-rayshard-brooks-shows-police-reform-is-a-joke/</ref>}}
The movement began with an editorial by the [[communist]] ''[[New York Times]]''<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/opinion/george-floyd-police-funding.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article</ref> and was immediately echoed by [[Hillary Clinton]]'s press spokesman.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/06/04/former-hillary-clinton-spokesman-calls-for-defunding-police/</ref> The Minneapolis [[veto]]-proof Democratic City Council then agreed to defund the Minneapolis police department.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/majority-minneapolis-city-council-commits-dismantling-city-s-police-department-n1227116</ref> [[Minneapolis]] is a Democrat stronghold and has not elected a [[Republican]] mayor since 1957.<ref>An unelected Republican, Richard M. Erdall, served for one day, December 31, 1973. https://web.archive.org/web/20090214045703/http://www.tholt.com/mayors.html</ref><ref>https://welovetrump.com/2019/10/07/cnn-visits-democrat-stronghold-in-minnesota-finds-voters-turning-to-trump/</ref> The entire city government, including the police department which is considered one of the most institutionally racist in the United States,<ref>http://archive.is/csfbU</ref> has been firmly in the hands of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]] with strong support of its Democrat voter base for more than a half century.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtestsofPeace/comments/gvjb6x/protests_of_peace_democrat_stronghold_minneapolis/</ref> A [[Twin Cities]] resident wrote to the ''Pioneer Press/Dispatch'':
{{quotebox|The fact is George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, by a Minneapolis policeman. He was not killed by a [[federal]] agent in a community of [[white supremacist]]s.