‘We do need to defund the police’: 2020 interviews undermine Abdul El-Sayed’s claim he never advocated for unpopular movement

Michigan Democratic Senate front-runner Abdul El-Sayed has faced criticism for previous comments he made about defunding the ...
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Once nicknamed ‘Murderapolis,’ the city that became the center of the ‘Defund the Police’ movement is grappling with heightened violent crime

Marnette Gordon was doing laundry at home in Minneapolis one summer morning last year when a call came from her 36-year-old son. She figured her son, Telly Blair, was checking in to see if she wanted ...
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Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed scrubbed past support for ‘defund the police’

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat running for the US Senate in Michigan, has quietly erased thousands of old social media posts — including a dozen tweets that championed the “defund the police” ...
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De Blasio: ‘Defund the police’ movement a ‘mistake’

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) called the "defund the police" movement a "mistake" in a new interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. "In retrospect, the whole concept of 'defund the ...
Washington Examiner

‘Defund the police’ movement finds no takers at heated Capitol Hill hearing

Protesters rally Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Phoenix, demanding the Phoenix City Council defund the Phoenix Police Department. A new pro-police super PAC has formed to challenge "defund" efforts ...

Unearthed clip exposes more anti-police rhetoric as El-Sayed gets grilled for deleting social media posts

Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan Democratic Senate candidate, accused state police of profiling in a 2018 speech despite scrubbing defund the police posts.
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Ex-NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Acknowledges ‘Defund The Police’ Movement Was ‘A Mistake’

“In retrospect, the whole concept of ‘defund the police’ made no sense,” the former NYC mayor stated. “It made sense to say, ‘How can we do better?'” he added. “It made sense to say – and by the way, ...