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

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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.

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

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

For progressives in power, what the citizens want is a non-starter.