Calls to "defund the 📝police" seek spending cuts to police forces that have consumed ever-larger shares of city budgets in many cities and towns. Minneapolis, for instance, is looking to cut $200 million from its $1.3 billion overall annual budget, said Lisa Bender, the City Council president. The police budget in 2020 was $189 million. She hopes to shift money to other areas of need in the city.
Contexts
- 🏷️#black-lives-matter catalyzed the use of the phrase "defund the police"
- 🏷️#sb-says that "defund the police" can be elevated to "invest in community"