CNN's Ramsey Blames 'Defund Police' for Taser Shortage in Philadelphia

bradwilmouth | October 28, 2020
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CHARLES RAMSEY, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: These officers did not have tasers, for example. We were supposed to have 45,000 tasers to outfit all of patrol. They're at a little over 2,300 -- 2,310.

ALISYN CAMEROTA: So -- and Philadelphia can't afford to give all officers tasers, do you believe?

RAMSEY: Well, they cut the budget. I mean, again, you know, couple this with the spring and all this talk about defunding -- $14 million was taken out of the police budget even though they had made a request to city council and the mayor to fund an additional group of tasers, and that didn't happen. Money was taken out, you know, so these things all have consequences. I'm not making excuses, but what I'm saying is that, you know, police need the tools to perform their jobs.