Mark Ruffalo faced heat on Twitter today after calling for immediate defunding of cops to put a check on violence inflicted on blacks in the US.
“Defund bad cops and police departments,” Mark Ruffalo raged on Twitter. “Tell Obama: We need an executive order!” Ruffalo ended the message with the hashtag, “#DefundPolice.”
The petition linked to by the actor calls on Congress and the Obama administration to cut federal funding for police departments nationwide, reported Breitbart.com.
“Congress and the Obama administration are spending millions of dollars every year giving grants to the same police departments that are killing and over-incarcerating Black people — and it has to stop,” the petition reads.
“Our criminal justice system is not properly holding police accountable,” it continues. “We must defund police departments that employee [sic] officers who are quick to kill and condone practices that do not value Black life. Our nation, politicians and many police are in agreement that police departments need reform, however, no one is ensuring this reform happens – and more and more Black people are getting killed because of it.”
His followers of Twitter were besides themselves with rage and the actor got trolled horribly for the comments, says Breitbart.com
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