'It's a slap in the face': LA activists protest mayor's police budget increase | Los Angeles

“The people taking to the streets got us guilty verdicts yesterday … not the system. The system isn’t for us,” said Stephanie Luna, the aunt of Anthony Vargas, a 21-year-old killed by LA sheriff’s deputies in 2018. “[The verdict] gave us a lot of hope – we need to bring some of that down to California.”
Mothers in the crowd cheered while holding signs with the names of their children killed by LA police, as others waved “We keep us safe” flags and banners callingfor the dismantling of powerful law enforcement unions.
Since the mass protests sparked by George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, activists have been campaigning to cut the LAPD budget, arguing that the best way to prevent police violence is to reduce officers’ contact with the community and reinvest those funds into community programs and services.

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