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Where efforts to redirect police funding stand 1 year since George Floyd's murder

by Andy Uhler
May 25, 2021
Since the murder of George Floyd one year ago, more than 20 big cities have reduced police budgets in some form.
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LA pledges to move money out of policing and into other social programs

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Jun 4, 2020
The proposed cuts amount to at most 8% of the LAPD's $1.86 billion budget.
Los Angeles is the first big city to propose cutting police budgets after protests.
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Activists propose reforming policing by cutting budgets

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 1, 2020
In a lot of cities, policing eats up a big chunk of the general fund.
Police block a road in Minneapolis as protests against police brutality continue.
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