"Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday she supported the “spirit” of efforts to defund the police in the wake of George Floyd’s death last month at the hands of Minneapolis police, a statement that her office later clarified did not indicate support for eliminating funding for law enforcement.
...“The spirit as you just articulated is really just about reprioritizing and rebuilding communities, not just policing,” Whitmer said.State budgets are overwhelmingly focused on law enforcement and criminal justice, the governor told the African-American-oriented online publication, but they should be focused on education, health care, skills training, public transit and “leveling the playing field,” she said.
...Whitmer added at the end of the 33-minute interview that “we’re not going to defund all the police but we’re going to make the investments in people. And that’s what this is all about.”
...Whitmer’s comments come a few days after Attorney General Dana Nessel expressed support for “substantive structural change” to policing and said she was inspired by protesters...
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