Seattle residents slam ‘Defund the police’ as ‘radical experiment’ during city budget meeting

[mystery-ak]

Seattle residents slam ‘Defund the police’ as ‘radical experiment’ during city budget meeting
City's police union said it has collected 20,000 signatures on a 'Stop Defunding' petition
By Dom Calicchio | Fox News

    Hundreds of Seattle residents spoke up about proposals to “Defund the police” during a city council budget meeting on Wednesday, according to reports.

The council is considering a plan that could slash the budget of the city’s police department by 50 percent – resulting in layoffs for hundreds of officers – all as Seattle deals with the coronavirus outbreak and frequent riots and other unrest since the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

While the “Defund the police” effort was initially popular in the city, opponents of the plan have been growing more vocal, Q13 FOX of Seattle reported.

“Defunding the police is a radical experiment that will hurt the vulnerable,” one member of the public, calling in to the phone-in meeting, told the council, according to Q13 FOX.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/seattle-residents-slam-defund-the-police-as-radical-experiment-during-city-budget-meeting

[Idiot]

Seattle residents slam ‘Defund the police’ as ‘radical experiment’ during city budget meeting
City's police union said it has collected 20,000 signatures on a 'Stop Defunding' petition
By Dom Calicchio | Fox News

    Hundreds of Seattle residents spoke up about proposals to “Defund the police” during a city council budget meeting on Wednesday, according to reports.

The council is considering a plan that could slash the budget of the city’s police department by 50 percent – resulting in layoffs for hundreds of officers – all as Seattle deals with the coronavirus outbreak and frequent riots and other unrest since the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

While the “Defund the police” effort was initially popular in the city, opponents of the plan have been growing more vocal, Q13 FOX of Seattle reported.

“Defunding the police is a radical experiment that will hurt the vulnerable,” one member of the public, calling in to the phone-in meeting, told the council, according to Q13 FOX.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/seattle-residents-slam-defund-the-police-as-radical-experiment-during-city-budget-meeting

DO IT!  Defund the police...  I double dog dare you!  /S

[truth_seeker]

Criminals, rapists, robbers, etc. have not agreed to reduce their dirty deeds, by 50 percent. Perhaps they can't wait until the police budget is cut.

Seattle is the largest city in King County, which might have a separate Sheriff Dept?

Remember the saying:

A Conservative is a liberal that has been "mugged, robbed, etc."

My youngest sister, who lives alone, is undergoing THIS re-consideration now.

[PeteS in CA]

Are these the people who voted against the City Council loons? People who voted for the City Council loons who are having buyer's remorse? I'm guessing they're a mix, though I wonder how deep that buyer's remorse goes into the loons' underlying political ideas.