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Northampton Arts Council becomes 1st city board to back activist group's call to defund police by 50%


Northampton Arts Council becomes 1st city board to back activist group’s call to defund police by 50%
Updated 6:55 AM;
The Northampton Arts Council last week became the first city board or agency to back a local activist organization’s call to defund the community’s police department by 50%.
At the group’s April 3 meeting, the cultural council, which works to fund, promote and present high-quality arts programming in it Northampton, voted to sign onto the official demands of Northampton Abolition Now (NAN), including its call for the significant cut to the police department’s budget.
The 11-member arts council held a five-minute period of silence and reflection before a majority voted to back NAN’s list of demands. The members who voted yes are Dana Osterling, Danielle Amodeo, Jesse Hassinger, Kent Alexander, Lori Steiner, Michael Abbatiello, Rachel Hart and Thulani Davis. Eamonn Crowley-Edge opted to abstain from voting, and Freeman Stein cast a no vo ....

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