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BillBrasky Memorial Political Chat Thread

Among the rallying cries were “defund the police” — a call for elected officials to reallocate some law enforcement funding elsewhere. In June 2020, the Portland City Council and the mayor answered by cutting millions from the police budget.

Now, a year and a half later, officials partially restored the cut funds. On Wednesday, the Portland City Council unanimously passed a fall budget bump that included increasing the current $230 million police budget by an additional $5.2 million. The added police spending is occurring amid a year of a record number of homicides, the city’s greatest police staffing shortage in decades and reform recommendations made by the U.S. Department of Justice.

READ MORE: Portland pays $2.1 million in police shooting of Black teen Quanice Hayes

“Many Portlanders no longer feel safe,” Mayor Ted Wheeler said. “And it is our duty, as leaders of this city, to take action and deliver better results within our crisis response system.”

Portland isn’t the only liberal city doing an about-face on police spending. From New York City to Los Angeles — in cities that had some of the largest Black Lives Matter protests, and some with an extensive history of police brutality — police departments are seeing their finances partially restored in response to rising homicides, an officer exodus and political pressures.
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well yeah the city has to pump up the budget if they're gonna keep killing unarmed Black teens
 
 
Kinda weird seeing a millennial turn into a boomer in real time.
 
 
No worries. They were just waiting for that sweet sweet cash to trickle down to them!
 
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good one elon!
 
Folks sure hate themselves some elon ever since he went on Rogan
 
well yeah

they're farther away from what's happening so they have to raise their voice to be heard
 
I thought y'all loved the idea of saving the planet. At least you used to.
 
Lol what a complete and utter failure this administration and Congress is
 
You keep saying he’s saving the planet but as a fan boy can you explain how he is doing that?
 
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