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by curmudgeon22
897 days ago
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I suppose there were no full-on defunding, but it does look like there was some reduction in funding, which (from the article) is a trend reversal [1] > With public pressure on them, mayors and city councils responded. In 2020 budget votes, advocacy groups won over $840m in direct cuts from US police departments > Portland, Oregon, cut $15m from its budget > Austin, Texas, has made some of the most dramatic changes in the country, directly cutting roughly $20m from the police department 1 - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/07/us-cities-de... |
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