@Thraxas #77618
The problem is that people are using it to mean reducing police funding to distribute to community programs.
If taken at face value it could be read as eliminating the police altogether without an alternative.
In short, defunding can mean a reduction in funds, but is more commonly parsed as eliminating funds altogether.
And the phrase "Defund the police" makes no mention of the alternatives, or the fact that they are even intending to replace police functions.
This is why wording is so important. All of this is distracting us from the conversation we should have been having.