"defund the police" movement "defund the police" 'defund the police' movement A movement which supports divesting funds from, or abolition of, police departments (and often police structures generally) and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and other community resources. defund police movement defund the police movement movement to defund the police police abolitionist movement ACAB