‘Squad’ Hopeful Greg Casar Likened ‘Defund the Police’ Activists to MLKJordan Dixon-Hamilton 14 Apr 2022
Greg Casar, a Democrat candidate for U.S. Congress and hopeful member of “the Squad,” compared defund the police protesters to civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
Casar, a member of the Democrat Socialists of America, spoke about his efforts to cut funding for police departments during his time spent on the Austin City Council. He likened defund the police activists to MLK because both were unpopular.
“MLK was not popular when he did his activist work. And his goal was not to get more Democrats elected. His goal was to transform American society, both short term and long term,” Casar said, speaking with the Texas Tribune on Tuesday.
He added:
Same thing—really important for the biggest protest movement, probably in American history, or at least the biggest one in my lifetime since the civil rights movement, to stand up and say, “We need change to have a more just society,” especially for black folks and folks of color. It’s not their job in the streets to come up with exactly the right slogans to help us get elected.
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