Natalie Portman is opening up about the first reaction she had when she heard the phrase “defund the police” and how she now supports the campaign. “When I first heard #defundthepolice, I have to admit my first reaction was fear.
My whole life, police have made me feel safe. But that’s exactly the center of my white privilege: the police make me as a white woman feel safe, while my black friends, family and neighbors feel the opposite: police make them feel terror.
And for good reason,” the Oscar-winning actress wrote on Instagram. Natalie continued, “Police are the 6th leading cause of death for black men in this country.