Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threw her weight behind a growing movement to defund police departments that' has become a rallying cry for some protesters in the wake of George Floyd's death.
The progressive firebrand put her stamp of approval on the far-left demand as a policy solution to combat police brutality and racial injustice during a congressional primary debate that aired Friday night on NY1.
Ocasio-Cortez said she's "actively engaged in advocacy for" a "reduction of our NYPD budget and defunding a $6 billion NYPD budget that costs us books in the hands of our children and costs us very badly needed investment in NYCHA [New York City Housing Authority] and public housing."
Ocasio-Cortez echoed the demands of Black Lives Matter supporters and police reform activists that New York City should be spending less on policing and put that money into resources that would help black communities thrive, such as education, housing and social services.
That stance puts her at odds with the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio who say they don't support efforts to defund police departments.
Activists and liberal New York City Council members are calling for New York to slash at least $1 billion from NYPD's $6 billion budget.
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