And his logic is actually quite sound, especially even in Houston, Texas, where a lot of the affluent areas see, they have their own police that are paid for by their own taxes that they pay in their own communities. So If you talk about defunding the police, again, you're not taking away the safety of those [affluent] communities. You're taking away the safety of black and brown people. Yes. And he said that. And he got crucified for it. Yeah. And that's. That's the problem we have right now, Joe. Like, we could have both conversations. (10:15–10:23)
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Asserts that defunding the police would primarily affect the safety of minority communities, not affluent ones.
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