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The NYT is bootlicking with this article; they entirely left out that Seattle did defund their police, cutting their budget by about half. So did Portland. But
by Kednicma 6y ago
The NYT is bootlicking with this article; they entirely left out that Seattle did defund their police, cutting their budget by about half. So did Portland. But NYT would rather focus on how scared business owners feel, because that's their target audience.
- pseudalopex 6y agoPortland cut 3%.[1] Seattle is going to vote on 2%.[2] [1] https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2020/06/17/28550006/portland-city-council-approves-3-reduction-in-police-budget https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2020/06/17/28550006... [2] https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-city-council-takes-a-swing-at-the-police-and-mostly-misses/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-c...