St. Louis Mayor Looks to Reform Police Operations and Crime
Mayor Tishaura Jones wants to make change by defunding the police and jails and redirecting the funds to social workers, affordable housing, homeless aid and civil rights litigators.
May 03, 2021 • (TNS) Mayor Tishaura O. Jones, from her first snowy April day in office, has signaled her administration will bring a fundamental shift in the way City Hall addresses police operations and crime in St. Louis, Mo. I stand here before you today resolved to make change, Jones said in her inaugural speech less than two weeks ago, to transform our city and to transform our approach to safety.
St Louis mayor proposes $4 million cut from police budget
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FILE – In this Friday, April 19, 2019 file photo, a gay pride rainbow flag flies with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan. In 2021, the Equality Act that would extend federal civil rights protections to LGBTQ people is a top priority of President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress. Yet as the Equality Act heads to the Senate after winning House approval, its prospects seem bleak to a large extent because of opposition from conservative religious leaders. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A sweeping bill that would extend federal civil rights protections to LGBTQ people is a top priority of President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress. Yet as the Equality Act heads to the Senate after winning House approval, its prospects seem bleak to a large extent because of opposition from conservative religious leaders.
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