Hollywood stars want to see less money going to police and more money going to communities. According to Variety, Lizzo, John Legend, Taraji P.
Henson, Natalie Portman, Jane Fonda, ACLU executive director Anthony Romero, and others have signed an open letter titled “#DefundPolice” demanding the end of huge increases in police budgets.
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