Letter to the editor: Attempts to defund police is a political ploy

Letter to the editor
Date: September 16, 2023

Dear Editor,

Funny how several members of the party of Law & Order all of a sudden want to “slash government funding” now that the former president and current GOP front-runner for their party’s presidential nomination is facing not one, two, or even three, but four indictments, all along the Atlantic coastline. Do they really think the American people are unaware of their thinly-veiled attempt to “defund law enforcement,” which, ironically, is a political talking point they’ve repeatedly used against progressive Democrats over the past few years?

Lawrence Anthony Brannen

Augusta, Ga.

Lawrence Anthony Brannen is founder and president of Ex-Offenders for Reform and Advancement, Inc.

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