Spike Lee Warns Folks Those Asking to “Defund The Police”: “Trump Will Twist the Narrative”

Spike Lee has a message for everyone who is campaign to defund the US police in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.

According to the filmmaker, this may have adverse effects with President Donald Trump twisting the message to stoke fear.

“They (activists) have to be careful with the words because already this guy is running with that. You know the guy I’m talking about. Agent Orange,” Lee told Al Roker during Off The Rails of SiriusXM’s “Today Show Radio”, referring to Trump. “And again, he’s trying to twist the narrative like he did with (former NFL quarterback) [Colin] Kaepernick and the kneeling — trying to say that was about disrespecting the flag, but that wasn’t it at all.”

Lee continued, per THR, “We’ve got to be careful what we say because one or two wrong words, they’ll twist that thing around and the narratives change. I don’t think people are saying we don’t need police at all, but ‘defund the police’ – I think there [could] be better terminology.”

Roker interjected, “We want police, but we want a different kind of policing.”

Lee made it clear police are greatly need in society (“We need police!”) but officers need to be held accountable. “We need a police system that is just,” he said. “And it’s so hard with the police unions. I mean they protect their guys, they protect that blue no matter what. And so that has to be dealt with.”

Lee also added that he has not seen such genuine support from such an enormous diverse group for real change since the 1960s. “I think we’re at a very important point, not just in American history, but world history.”

Lee went on to say. “I think that the young people, especially our young generation of white sisters and brothers, they’re joining us, and I haven’t seen that since I was growing up in the ’60s in Brooklyn. So I don’t think this is a fad. I don’t think that this is something people think is hip and cool to be doing. People are out here in the streets and they mean business … People want changes.”