After a summer of protests Seattle cuts police department funding by 17%

[blackascoal]

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

[Bourbon]

So will thousands of municipalities due to COVID

Nice Try

[blackascoal]

So will thousands of municipalities due to COVID

Nice Try

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.

[Nordberg]

Corona is slaughtering the tax base, Over 100,000 businesses in America shuttered. Millions are unemployed.

[blackascoal]

Corona is slaughtering the tax base, Over 100,000 businesses in America shuttered. Millions are unemployed.

Agreed, but this has less to do with Covid and far more to do with a national outrage.

[Charoite]

Agreed, but this has less to do with Covid and far more to do with a national outrage.

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.

[Cinnabar]

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.

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.

[Guno צְבִי]

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.

money will be moved to policing alternatives, like mental health squads that will answer situations with mentally ill people and situations that police are ill equipped to handle also demilitarize the police

[Into the Night]

money will be moved to policing alternatives, like mental health squads that will answer situations with mentally ill people and situations that police are ill equipped to handle also demilitarize the police

The rise of the SS, eh?

[Geeko Sportivo]

money will be moved to policing alternatives, like mental health squads that will answer situations with mentally ill people and situations that police are ill equipped to handle also demilitarize the police

THIS! THIS IS WHAT BIDEN SAID HE WANTED TO SEE. Biden said he is not for de-funding the police, but making sure certain funding went to educating and hiring officers that are specially trained to deal with the mentally ill.

He also said that people need to stop saying, "De-funding Police Departments" as that is getting misunderstood by the public and used as ammunition by the Republicans to further stir up anger towards BLM.

[blackascoal]

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.

Much of the reallocated money will go into better, more modern police training.

The status quo is not working, time to try something else.

[Into the Night]

Much of the reallocated money will go into better, more modern police training.

The status quo is not working, time to try something else.

Reallocating money from the police to the police????? What hallucination are YOU experiencing, dude?

[cancel2 2022]

Much of the reallocated money will go into better, more modern police training.

The status quo is not working, time to try something else.

How about blacks get their act together and stop drug gangs, pimps and low lifes operating? Instead you just turn a blind eye and say it's all whitey's fault.

[katzgar]

Agreed, but this has less to do with Covid and far more to do with a national outrage.

you should have read your article, less embarrassing for yourself

[Cinnabar]

you should have read your article, less embarrassing for yourself

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