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‘The Daily Show’: Barack Obama Expands On His “Defund The Police” Criticisms, Calls For More “Precise” Language In Social Justice Efforts

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Earlier this month, President Barack Obama caught heat for criticizing calls to defund the police. On Tuesday night, the former POTUS explained his critiques to The Daily Show host Trevor Noah.As Black Lives Matter and anti-police brutality demonstrations sparked across the country following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, “defund the police” became a rallying cry for protestors and activists demanding that local and federal governments reallocate funds from police departments to other divisions, such as social and public health work.

However, Obama claimed that the “snappy slogan” can make those calling for justice lose “a big audience the minute you say it.”He clarified that the problem isn’t the idea of redistributing

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