This is an excellent article, Ryan, one of your best, I think. However, all you need to do is read some articles written by those who want to defund the police to realize that is exactly what they want to do: get rid of police and get rid of prisons. It's not a misuse of words. This is what many people who use the slogan actually mean. They have an idealized utopian view based on an unrealistic view of human nature.