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Seattle City Council votes to cut funding by 18%
Mayor Jenny Durbin says that these thoughtful reductions will help scale up alternatives to policing.
NBCNews.com
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In America, rights are are not determined by what is just, fair, equitable, honest, nor by what Jesus would do. Rights are determined ONLY by what you can DEMAND.
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Cinnabar (11-24-2020), Guno צְבִי (11-24-2020)
So will thousands of municipalities due to COVID
Nice Try
ONE-N-DONE, YOU GOT PLAYED; Time To Play-On
Remember ... ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES ... So STFU Bitch
The Seattle City Council on Monday cut its police department budget by nearly 17% in a shift that grew out of this summers national protests against systematic racism. I believe we are laying the groundwork to make systematic and lasting changes to policing, Durbin said in a statement. We have rightly put forward a plan to ensure that SPD has enough officers to meet 911 response and investigative needs through the city, while acknowledging and addressing the disproportionate impacts policing has had on our communities of color, particularly the black community.
Nice try indeed.
AMERICAN HISTORY ITSELF IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE. WE, ALONG WITH THE COURGE AND SACRIFICES OF CONSCIOUS WHITE AMERICANS, LIKE VIOLA LIUZZO, EVERETT DIRKSEN, AND MANY OTHERS, HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND FOR OUR SURVIVAL.
In America, rights are are not determined by what is just, fair, equitable, honest, nor by what Jesus would do. Rights are determined ONLY by what you can DEMAND.
Cinnabar (11-24-2020), Guno צְבִי (11-24-2020)
Corona is slaughtering the tax base, Over 100,000 businesses in America shuttered. Millions are unemployed.
AMERICAN HISTORY ITSELF IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE. WE, ALONG WITH THE COURGE AND SACRIFICES OF CONSCIOUS WHITE AMERICANS, LIKE VIOLA LIUZZO, EVERETT DIRKSEN, AND MANY OTHERS, HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND FOR OUR SURVIVAL.
In America, rights are are not determined by what is just, fair, equitable, honest, nor by what Jesus would do. Rights are determined ONLY by what you can DEMAND.
Guno צְבִי (11-24-2020)
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Hartford, Connecticut, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Philadelphia are among cities reducing police budgets
At least 13 cities are defunding their police departments— FORBES
At least 13 US cities have cut funding from their police department budgets or decreased officer numbers with several more in the process amid a national reckoning over systematic racism and police brutality according to a Forbes tally.
Austin, Texas is the latest to announce a police defunding effort, with the City Council on Thursday voting unanimously to cut 150 million, roughly a third from the police budget , reinvesting much of that money into food access, violence prevention, and abortion access.
The countries two largest cities New York and Los Angeles, approved budget cuts weeks after protests began. New York slashed 1 billion from its 2021budget, totalling 88.9 billion, while Los Angeles approved a 150 million dollar cut from its
1.86 billion proposed budget.
San Francisco a 120 million dollar cut to i.6 million dollar reduction
ts police and Sheriff departments.
Oakland, California passed a 14.6 million dollar reduction
Washington,DC a 15 million dollar cut
Baltimore a 22 million dollar cut
Portland cut 16 million
Philadelphia cut 33 million
Hartford, Connecticut cut 1 million from its 40 million dollar budget
Norman, Oklahoma cut 865,000 from its police budget
Salt Lake City slashed 5.3 million from its police budget
Several other cities are mulling the reallication of funds from their own departments
Forbes
Last edited by blackascoal; 11-24-2020 at 03:32 PM.
AMERICAN HISTORY ITSELF IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE. WE, ALONG WITH THE COURGE AND SACRIFICES OF CONSCIOUS WHITE AMERICANS, LIKE VIOLA LIUZZO, EVERETT DIRKSEN, AND MANY OTHERS, HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND FOR OUR SURVIVAL.
In America, rights are are not determined by what is just, fair, equitable, honest, nor by what Jesus would do. Rights are determined ONLY by what you can DEMAND.
Guno צְבִי (11-24-2020)
I get the outrage but don't understand how slashing police budget helps this. They'll be even less training and probably even more hires from those with tactical experience from elsewhere. In other words, it might just increase the brutal tactics when they hire in more people trained in the military with even less police training.
Geeko Sportivo (11-25-2020)
what could possibly go wrong.....
Isaiah 6:5
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
It really didn't seem that the budget was used for training but rather for military gear right out of an actual army invasion. And if funds were being used for training on how to deal with the public, the funds were totally wasted. It absolutely is another broken system of the many we sadly have here in the USA and begs for major revamping.
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Dear Red-State Trump Voter,
Let’s face it, guys: We’re done.
It is a tragedy that so much of the work that so many men and women toiled at for so long to make this a better country, and a better world, has been thrown away, leaving us all in such needless peril.
This is why our separation in all but name is necessary.
https://newrepublic.com/article/1409...mp-red-america
Guno צְבִי (11-24-2020)
Why should the OP be embarrassed?
While some Seattle activists had demanded a 50-percent police budget deduction, Mayor Jenny Durkan said she backs these lesser cuts, calling them "thoughtful and deliberate" and saying the city will prioritize "what services we need from the Seattle Police Department and how we can scale up alternatives to policing."
“I believe we are laying the groundwork to make systemic and lasting changes to policing," Durkan said in a statement. "We have rightly put forward a plan that seeks to ensure SPD has enough officers to meet 911 response and investigative needs throughout the city, while acknowledging and addressing the disproportionate impacts policing has had on communities of color, particularly Black communities."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ly-17-n1248795
BLUEXITA Modest Proposal For Separating Blue States From Red
Dear Red-State Trump Voter,
Let’s face it, guys: We’re done.
It is a tragedy that so much of the work that so many men and women toiled at for so long to make this a better country, and a better world, has been thrown away, leaving us all in such needless peril.
This is why our separation in all but name is necessary.
https://newrepublic.com/article/1409...mp-red-america
Geeko Sportivo (11-25-2020)
BLUEXITA Modest Proposal For Separating Blue States From Red
Dear Red-State Trump Voter,
Let’s face it, guys: We’re done.
It is a tragedy that so much of the work that so many men and women toiled at for so long to make this a better country, and a better world, has been thrown away, leaving us all in such needless peril.
This is why our separation in all but name is necessary.
https://newrepublic.com/article/1409...mp-red-america
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blackascoal (11-24-2020)
Geebus that's just stupid... If you need social workers, or shrinks, etc. to go along with the cops when they go on calls that you think will be improved by such folks you don't remove funding, you increase it. With less money there will be less training thus ensuring further institutionalized issues that cannot be resolved.
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