AMERICA PROTESTS QUICK CHANGE — In this June 6, 2020, file photo, protesters march in New York. Since Floydâ€™s killing, police departments have banned chokeholds, Confederate monuments have fallen and officers have been arrested and charged.

Criminal Justice

Chicago Activists Call For City To Defund CPD

By Bianca Martin

Chicago activists protesting the killing of George Floyd are calling for the city to defund its police department, in line with similar calls of action across the nation.

Reset brings on a local organizer to learn about the movement to reallocate police funds to social services.

GUEST: Asha Ransby-Sporn, former national organizing co-chair for Black Youth Project-100

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