Democrat Rep. Ayanna Pressley: ‘I Support Reallocating’ Police Funding

Democrat Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA) told CNN’s Don Lemon on Wednesday that she supports defunding the police as the country’s violent crime rates soar, a stance opposed by 81% of black Americans. “Is defunding the police not part of something that you support?” Lemon asked. “Don, what I support and why I put forward bills like my Counseling Not Criminalization Act is that instead of our spending $1 billion over the last two decades to have 46,000 school police officers when every child does not have equitable access to a school nurse, a social worker or a guidance counselor, some


