ADADThe nearly immediate calls for cuts of up to half of the police department's $300 million budget were popular among protesters. And while the city council at first approved a $14 million reduction to the police budget — a trim of about 5 percent — it balked at further cuts. ADADIn Minneapolis, the epicenter of the crisis in policing after Floyd’s killing, a veto-proof majority of the city council announced they would move to dismantle the police department. The Los Angeles City Council reduced its police department’s budget, which totals $1.8 billion annually, by $150 million. In Seattle, Chief Carmen Best resigned when the city council there moved ahead with $4 million in department cuts and a goal of a 50 percent reduction.

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2020 23:57 UTC