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Should Seattle de-fund the police?

KUOW | By Shane Mehling
Published October 25, 2016 at 2:19 PM AKDT
A march protesting the Seattle police shooting of Che Taylor on Feb. 21 moves through downtown Seattle on Feb. 25, 2016.
KUOW Photo/Liz Jones
A march protesting the Seattle police shooting of Che Taylor on Feb. 21 moves through downtown Seattle on Feb. 25, 2016.

Bill Radke sits down with lawyer and activist Nikkita Oliver to discuss her stance on de-funding the police. Oliver feels that not only should money allocated to more officers be directed somewhere else, she also would like to see a society that doesn't have any cops at all. 
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