defund the police

4 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 23, 2025 by Ben Horowitz · across every show →

Everything said about defund the police, oldest first

Apr 23, 2025
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Horowitz: High-crime area residents never backed defunding the police
“Right, people who live in high crime areas never said defund the police.”
Ben Horowitz Apr 23, 2025 ▶ 29:15 Ben Horowitz on Leadership and Culture
Dec 17, 2025 negative
Opinion
Horowitz: Defunding police privatizes security for the rich
“It's defund the police for poor people. It's privatized the police for rich people.”
Ben Horowitz Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 34:18 “How We Can Eliminate Crime” | Ben Horowitz and Garrett Langley
Dec 17, 2025 negative
Opinion
Horowitz: Defunding the police effectively terrorizes poor communities
“When you go defund the police, we're not gonna enforce law, you're basically terrorizing the poor community.”
Ben Horowitz Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 19:26 “How We Can Eliminate Crime” | Ben Horowitz and Garrett Langley
May 11, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Police Reform and Defund Movements Caused Massive Crime Waves
“All these, like, you know, crime policy reform, defund the police things, and that causes these massive crime waves, and then, of course, low-income and minority people get hit hardest by that”
Marc Andreessen May 11, 2026 ▶ 4:09 Marc Andreessen’s Worldview in 60 Minutes | Live on MTS
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