Am guessing more than one conversation involved opinion and comment as
"Talking about changes of policing has been pushed with words such as 'reorganization' and 'reform' for years, with little real positive effect so lets use one like 'defunding.' That will GRAB people's attention and generate more serious discussion."
Maybe, eh, waddaya reckon. Put yourself in those activists' shoes.
Agreed, very bad choice of words virtually asking for the overreaction it's received.
Hard to even call it mischaracterization considering the implications of the wording.
Reallocate, retrain, re-task and reform.
Let unions know that the blue wall is gone, as is allowing bad cops to land on other police forces like they were......disgraced Catholic priests moving from parish to parish.