KUOW - One year after the murder of George Floyd, are promises to defund Seattle Police being kept?

FILE: Seattle police officers stand near the intersection of 5th and Pine Streets on Friday, November 24, 2017, during a Black Lives Matter rally in Seattle.
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KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
One year after the murder of George Floyd, are promises to defund Seattle Police being kept?
May 25, 2021
In response to city-wide protests following George Floyd’s murder, the Seattle City Council vowed to chop the city's police department budget in half.
KUOW’s Kim Malcolm spoke with Seattle Times reporter Daniel Beekman about what's changed with policing in Seattle ... and what hasn't.
Kim started the conversation by asking about what city leaders promised to do.

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