As this Vox article accidently points out, "Defund the Police" doesn't even have a single meaning. It can mean something close to abolishing the police, retasking funds at the margins or disbanding entire problematic departments, like Minneapolis's.
If your slogan requires fifteen minutes of frenzied explanation as the majority of people turn away from it...it's a bad slogan. Slogans are supposed to be appealing. "Medicare for All" isn't actually a program, but it was a clearly understandable slogan.
The old saying in politics is "If you're explaining, you're losing."
Just say "Demilitarize the Police." Everyone understands what you mean, and I would bet it get 80% approval.
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