Defund

Misinformation in the news can mislead the public but that can also occur just by showing the truth in the news over and over. The George Floyd murder is a recent example. This murder was shown many times everyday on many news outlets and a recent poll shows the effect. Overall, nearly half of surveyed liberals (44 percent) estimated roughly between 1,000 and 10,000 unarmed black men were killed whereas 20 percent of conservatives estimated the same. The actual number was 241many of whom were armed. The result was a rise in murders in the Black community. The FBI has made it official: 2020 saw the biggest spike in murders in American history—30 percent. Black Americans suffered the most as 7,484 lost their lives in 2019 and 9,913 in 2020. Many people feel that Black on Black crime is the civil rights issue of our time but it only recently has come to the attention of the press. The murder rate was also effected by the defund police slogan. President Biden never said to defund but he did agree that money could be redirected away from police. Many who supported this, changed their minds after seeing the spike in crime.