House Democrats Propose Budget Cuts to Park Police as Monuments Are Being Targeted by Mobs
Julio Rosas
Posted: Jul 10, 2020 12:00 PM
House Democrats on the Appropriations Committee proposed budget cuts to the U.S. Park Police as monuments and memorials are being targeted by mobs and protests continue to occur in the streets in the Washington, D.C. area.
Democrats have proposed a $5 million budget cut to the U.S. Park Police. Democrats have taken issue with how Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and Acting Park Police Chief Gregory Monahan have not given them information about the "aggressive action against peaceful protesters in Lafayette Park on June 1, 2020. The Service is directed to provide this information within 10 days of enactment of this Act. Accompanying bill language reduces USPP funding by $50,000 for each day that this directive is not fulfilled."
The Park Police has seen a lot of action as protests became riots during the recent weeks of unrest the country has experienced in the aftermath of George Floyd's death. The Department of Interior said at least 60 Park officers were injured during the riots in the nation's capital.
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