SF Public Defender Mano Raju spoke on the Sana G Morning Show on KMEL in the wake of nationwide calls to defund the police as the Black Lives Matter movement and millions of Americans took to the streets in the wake of recent police killings, including the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, and the Louisville police killing of Breonna Taylor. Mano Raju discusses the deeper systemic flaws that can lead to police brutality and “no-knock warrants.”
Police does not need to be defunded, but rather be held accountable for their wrongful actions. They need to take op responsibility for their actions just like that’s what they expect from us the public. It has to start with them and live by example.