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Seattle police accountability advocate welcomes verdict

Seattle police accountability advocate welcomes verdict
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Decades before this summer’s huge rallies for racial justice, Seattle’s Harriet Walden was leading Mothers for Police Accountability.
Today’s three guilty verdicts for George Floyd’s killer brought her to tears.
“Oh man, I’m just thinking about him calling his mother,” she said, sharing what went through her mind as the verdicts were read.
Seattle’s Walden founded Mothers for Police Accountability 31 years ago.
“(George Floyd) changed the world. His untimely murder has changed the world in a lot of ways. I mean, in this state, Washington going to have some accountability that’s going to come out, the governor’s going to sign,” she said. ....

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These US cities defunded police: 'We're transferring money to the community'

More than 20 major cities have reduced their police budgets in some form, an unprecedented trend, though the scale and circumstances vary dramatically. The activists who have long campaigned to take money from US police are now fighting to ensure that the initial cuts are only the start – and that a growing backlash from law enforcement, elected officials and some community groups
does not derail their progress.
A ‘paradigm shift’: $870m cut from police
For years, local advocacy groups have packed city hall meetings, demanding “jobs not jails”, “care not cops” and “books not bars” – urging officials to stop expanding budgets for police and jails. They have argued that cities should instead prioritize the programs that have been defunded over the years that would address root causes of crime and poverty, like education, healthcare and homeless services. ....

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