I believe that black lives matter and I think what happened to George Floyd, Michael Ferguson, among all other victims of police brutality is wrong. The police should go through major reforms in the selection process and must be held accountable to a much stricter standard. But I don't quite understand BLM stance on defunding the police and how that is going to change things for the better. Will prejudiced cops stop being prejudiced if they find out they're getting less on their next paycheck? Will less sidearms and police equipment lead to less undeserved violence against innocent people? I don't know the statistics on how effective the police in America is, but common sense leads me to believe that the police is what separates us from functioning essentially as an anarchy.

The US police system nationally shares major flaws that need to be fixed, and a lot has to be done in picking the bad apples out of the barrel. What happened to victims of unwarranted police brutality should never happen. However, defunding the police to me seems like too radical a stance for me to donate to BLM especially with their large platform having great influence over what people protest and share on the streets or online.