Natalie Portman stands behind Defund The Police movement


Natalie Portman has become the latest celebrity to come out in support of the Defund the Police movement.

The Oscar winner on Monday shared several images with information about police defunding, alongside a lengthy caption in which she confessed that the police have made her always feel safe, crediting that to “the center of my white privilege.”

“When I first heard #defundthepolice, I have to admit my first reaction was fear,” the 39-year-old “Star Wars” actress wrote.

“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.”

She concluded: “I’ve gotten to the age in my life, where if my gut feels uncomfortable, I take the situation as wrong. But this concept initially made me uncomfortable because I was wrong. Because the system that makes me feel comfortable is wrong. #defendblacklives#defundthepolice.”

The movement, which has grown out of protests following the killing of George Floyd, calls for reducing police budgets and investing that money directly into poorer communities of color, funding better schools, housing and medical services.

Other celebs supporting this platform include John Legend, America Ferrera, Jane Fonda, Lizzo, Brie Larson and The Weeknd. All of them signed an open letter supporting the initiative.

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