[chimeracoder]

> Yet about half of America believes major changes to policing aren't needed, and about half of America believes we shouldn't reduce the budget of police departments and shift to social programs

A different way to look at it is that nearly half supports defunding the police - one large city in the US had nearly 50% support for a referendum to abolish the police department entirely.

That's not a majority, no, but it's also much larger than would have been the case five or even ten years ago. To imply that the public discourse hasn't had measurable impact on public opinion is missing the mark.