During last yearâs uprisings against the ongoing anti-Black violence of police, âdefund the policeâ emerged as the demand and rallying cry. Today, as we mark one year since George Floyd was murdered in the Cup Foods parking lot in Minneapolis by police, abolitionist organizers are still issuing that call, waging fights to defund police and invest in their communities â and experimenting with more holistic ways to keep communities safe.
In the past year, defund police campaigns have seen material wins, gained traction and grown in numbers. As Interrupting Criminalizationâs recent report
The Demand is Still Defund breaks down, over $840 million dollars were cut from local police departments and $160 million of community investments were won by defund police organizers across the country in 2020. These wins include: the first cut to the Minneapolis Police Departmentâs budget in 20 years, a 20 percent reduction in the Seattle Police Departmentâs budg
SALT LAKE CITY The Salt Lake City Police Department is looking to add more officers after dozens have exited in the past year.
According to SLCPD Chief Mike Brown, at least 45 officers have either resigned or retired during that stretch. As a result, they re currently understaffed in a number of areas. What we re trying to do is hire more officers, explained Chief Brown. We re trying to hire not only lateral officers, but we re trying to hire a new class.
Recently returning from a nationwide conference of police chiefs, Brown says the issue is not unique to Salt Lake City. It s not just something that s happening here in Salt Lake City, this is happening across our country, he said.
Salt Lake City police search for anti-Asian vandalism suspect
Salt Lake City Police Department
and last updated 2021-05-19 16:46:21-04
SALT LAKE CITY â The Salt Lake City Police Department is looking for a suspect they say vandalized multiple vehicles with anti-Asian graffiti.
Slurs were found spray-painted on the sides of two cars on Tuesday in the downtown area near 200 West Pierpont Avenue.
A photo shared by the department shows a possible suspect who appears to have long hair and a goatee or beard.
If you recognize this suspect, please call 801-799-3000 and reference case# 21-84167. They are wanted in at least two vandalisms. pic.twitter.com/yRQJquiBHq SLC Police Dept. (@slcpd) May 19, 2021
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Swastika Scratched Into Glass Doors of Salt Lake City Synagogue
On 5/17/21 at 2:29 PM EDT
A swastika was found scratched onto the front window of a Jewish synagogue in Salt Lake City on Sunday morning. Police are searching for a suspect seen in a surveillance video, and according to reports, the incident is being treated as a hate crime, while a rabbi from the temple is speaking out about the meaning behind the symbol.
The Star of David on a synagogue in Halle, eastern Germany. A synagogue in Salt Lake City was recently vandalized with a swastika.
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