‘Safe for democracy’: Democrats bring ‘Defund’ movement to Capitol Police
(Worthy News) -Democrats from Seattle to New York are working to cut their police budgets, but not on Capitol Hill, where the House — controlled by Democrats — is moving ahead with a budget that freezes but doesn’t trim any funding for the U.S. Capitol Police.
Instead, Democrats are demanding new training and more accountability, ordering the department to study whether it’s policing too far beyond the Capitol, to release better arrest statistics, and to do a better job communicating with the public.
Republicans gleefully pointed to the full funding as a vote of confidence in police amid the ongoing debate over policing and race. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
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