Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Nithya Raman is desperately backpedaling from her former “defund the police” rhetoric in a dramatic campaign U-turn that could alienate her far-left base. The Democratic socialist city councilwoman — who previously pushed to slash police funding during the height of 2020 activism — is now publicly abandoning the controversial stance as she battles incumbent Karen Bass and reality TV personality Spencer Pratt in the increasingly heated race for City Hall. Confronted