Damage

by Marc

Hello Mayor,

I am a citizen of the nation's capital. I am writing you this letter to ask you to defund the police. Many states are beginning to defund the police and I hope D.C. will be next. Over the past few years, police brutality has been a rising issue in America. It is not fair to people who look like you and me to pay taxes creating the salaries of the police, and, in return, have police attack them. They are trained to protect and serve. When police are around, I do not feel protected; I feel fear. In a traditional job, if you do not do your job, you are fired or at least given a stern warning. Who is going to tell the police what they are doing is wrong? They have had their time to change things and they did not. The defunding of the police will help D.C. avoid police brutality in the nation's capital. No family should have to bury their child because the police force does not have proper training. I hope this letter is persuasive enough to get the ball rolling. It will not be easy to do, but with your job I know nothing is easy these days. 

Thanks in advance,

A Black man from SE