Despite pleas from more than 4,400 residents demanding that funding to the police department be chopped, members of the San Diego City Council voted on Monday to actually increase the budget for the city’s law enforcement agency. After a marathon session of more than 12 hours – that included 400 people calling in and around 4000 emails calling for a defunding of the police force – the San Diego City Council voted 8-1 to increase funding to the police department by $27 million to $566 million. The overall police budget for the city has increased from $480 million since 2018 due to pay raises in the force. 'DEFUND THE POLICE' WRESTS SUPPORT FROM POLITICIANS COAST-TO-COAST“De-fund this city-sanctioned militia that is terrorizing black people,” resident Breana Clark told the council, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Some residents are demanding that Republican Mayor Kevin Faulconer reject the increase in funding.

Source: Fox News June 09, 2020 18:45 UTC