A North Carolina senator is vowing to punish cities that reallocate funds from police departments, according to Wednesday reports. State Sen. Chuck Edwards is calling out Asheville City Council members who have decided to move $770,000 from the city police department’s budget, WLOS reported. “Reallocating is just simply a way of moving funds from one place to another.”Edwards said he will introduce a bill that penalizes Ashville and other cities that decide to reallocate funds from the police department. I’m thinking about a dollar-for-dollar exchange.”But Edwards, who is up for re-election, is not without his detractors. Democratic Senator Terry Van Duyn has slammed Edwards’ proposed bill as “absolutely partisan.”“Obviously, he knows I would be vehemently opposed to it,” Van Duyn said.

Source: Fox News September 24, 2020 22:52 UTC