Cities Say They Want to Defund the Police.

[OxQQme]

Their Budgets Say Otherwise.

>"The rallying cry to defund the police that erupted with George Floyd’s killing almost eight months ago has come up against political realities with most major U.S. cities unwilling to make meaningful cuts.

Even as the 50 largest U.S. cities reduced their 2021 police budgets by 5.2% in aggregate—often as part of broader pandemic cost-cutting initiatives—law enforcement spending as a share of general expenditures rose slightly to 13.7% from 13.6%, according to data compiled by Bloomberg CityLab. And many cities like Minneapolis and Seattle have watered down or put on pause changes that were proposed or even passed at the height of the 2020 demonstrations against racism and police brutality."<

>"Police budgets will expand this year even in cities like Atlanta, Omaha and Phoenix, where Democrats picked up more votes in the 2020 presidential race versus 2016. Out of 42 major cities where Democrats gained share, 24 increased police spending for fiscal 2021, while 18 made cuts.

Mixed Messages
Most of the 50 largest cities swung left since the 2016 presidential election, but more than half of them maintained or increased their police budgets."<

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-city-budget-police-funding/?srnd=premium&sref=KkPzpZvz&utm_source=morning_brew

[keithbvadu2]

1. Trumpsters do it much quicker. They simply kill cops.

Trumpsters do it much quicker.

They simply kill cops.