Despite President Biden saying he opposes the “defund the police” movement, at least four of its proponents have met with top administration officials.
Robinson has also voiced support for Assata Shakur, the former Black Panther who fled prison in 1979 while serving a life sentence for the execution-style murder of New Jersey state trooper Werner Foerster during a 1973 traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike.
Shortly after Robinson and Abrams joined the board in May 2021, the foundation urged philanthropies to increase funding for groups seeking to end police violence. “Abolishing police unions as part of the broader fight to defund, demilitarize, and ultimately dismantle the U.S. police force as it currently exists. Labor leaders should seize upon this crucial moment to fully embrace this aim—and some already have,”Latosha Brown, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter, also appeared in the White House visitor logs, according to Fox News.
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