‘Refund’ the police? With crime high, debate rises in Maryland – By Noah Robertson and Patrik Jonsson (CS Monitor) / Nov 22 2021
Donzo Monk has no love for the police.
He’s spent his entire life in Baltimore and says he has learned to expect corruption in local politics and law enforcement. Four years ago, he finished a 10-year prison sentence for selling drugs – a charge he denies. An officer found drugs on him, he admits, but he says he wasn’t selling and the search violated his privacy.
But Mr. Monk doesn’t want fewer police. He wants better police.
WHY WE WROTE THIS
The rhetoric about police funding can easily slip into extremes. But as the state of Maryland illustrates, there’s more agreement about what’s needed than the debate’s polarizing terms suggest.
“I don’t believe that they should totally defund the police because we do need law and order,” he says. “Without law and order, we have chaos and anarchy.”
