John Legend, Common, and Lizzo are among the stars who have signed an open letter urging local governments to “defund” police departments and give more to health care and education.Jane Fonda, Natalie Portman, America Ferrera, Brie Larson, Taraji P.
Henson, and The Weeknd have also added their names to Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors’ letter addressing abundant funds for policing versus the lack of cash available for hospitals and medical centres in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.“The COVID-19 deaths and the deaths caused by police terror are connected and consequential to each other,” the letter reads. “The United States does not have a national healthcare system.